Bòfia de la Canal del Jaume

Small pit 10 m deep in the Serra d'Ensija, with an entrance 9 x 3.5 metres and a single shaft of 10.5 metres.

Fígols • Berguedà 18m 10m

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Small pit 10 m deep in the Serra d'Ensija, with an entrance 9 x 3.5 metres and a single shaft of 10.5 metres.

Fígols · Berguedà

Length: 18 m · Depth: 10 m

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small pit 10 m deep in the Serra d'Ensija, with an entrance 9 x 3.5 metres and a single shaft of 10.5 metres.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Fígols
Region: Berguedà
Unit: Peguera - Ensija
Length: 18 meters
Depth: 10 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

From the village of Fígols we will go along the BV-4025 to the Coll de Fumanya. Here we will leave the car on an esplanade of the old mines, where the Conjunt Paleontològic de Fumanya is located, commonly known as the dinosaur footprints.

We will go up through the middle of the torrent dels Cóms, where we must climb up to the 1700 mark, and then continue up to the left through wooded and very steep terrain.

Although the entrance is large, its location is not easy, since the pit is in the middle of the forest, about 50 metres above the bed of the torrent.

Entrances

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Canal del Jaume, Bòfia de la
Elevation: 1735 m
42.181777, 1.787044
UTM 31T (ED 50) 399925 4670875
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Topographic

Bòfia de la Canal del Jaume - Topography, Fígols, Berguedà

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Description

Morphology

A wide entrance of 9 x 3.5 metres leads down to a single shaft 10.5 metres deep with no break in continuity. The floor is a pile of stones. The pothole is structured along a NE-SW joint and within the Upper Cretaceous limestone.

History

Unrecorded cavity known to Mr. Salvador Badia, relative of Montse Mañosa (Castellar del Vallès), and with his indications a team made up of members of the CE de Castellar del Vallès, GE Badalona and EC de Gràcia were able to explore it on 7 October 2011.