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Bufador Nº14 de Beví

Bufador Nº14 de Beví

Tiny 3-metre-deep pit in Santa Maria de Besora, located W of the impassable mouth of blowhole no. 11 de Beví.

Santa Maria de Besora • Osona 6m 3m

Tiny 3-metre-deep pit in Santa Maria de Besora, located W of the impassable mouth of blowhole no. 11 de Beví.

Characteristics

Location

From the C17 road towards Puigcerdà we will enter the village of Sant Quirze de Besora at the traffic-light junction. We must cross over the bridge over the river Ter and at the end of the bridge, turn left onto the BV5227 road. We will cross the railway line and continue for about 7 kms., until we reach Santa Maria de Besora. Almost at the end of the straight stretch that crosses the village, we will find on the left the signposting indicating "a Ripoll per Llaés". We must take this narrow cemented track, which is in good enough condition to be driven with a car. You must be alert since the bends are very tight and we constantly find pronounced ups and downs. After covering 3.5 kms. we will reach the coll de Beví; before reaching the coll we will find a track on the left, we must follow it, leaving on the left the turn-offs for the Beví Gros and further on the one for the Beví Xic; further on the track turns towards the N, on this stretch we will find markers that will lead us towards the entrance of the great fissure where the blowholes are found.

It is located a couple of metres W of the impassable mouth of blowhole no. 11 de Beví.

Approximate coordinates.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Beví, Bufador Nº14 de

    Elevation: 940 m

    42.138155, 2.237432
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 436982 4665397
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

A ramp places us at the bottom of the cavity at -3 metres depth, where a short gallery ends a couple of metres further on. The total route is 6 metres.

History

The first records of visits to one of the cavities located inside this great fissure correspond to Dr. Francesc Español, carried out in 1934 for biospeleological purposes.

In 1965 the Grup Espeleològic Terra i Mar (GETIM) of Sabadell explored the avenc dels Tigres; the avenc del TIM, the avenc Besora and the avenc del Vent.

Later the ERE of the CEC between the years 1977 and 1980 carried out a meticulous inventory of the cavities located in this fissure, which would be published in the magazine Espeleòleg no. 34-35.

During 1979 the Centre Espeleològic Cervelló carried out the exploration of various cavities of this fissure, with the aim that they be published in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Borràs-Miñarro-Talavera); this led to giving a new designation to some cavities.

We, the EspeleoÍndex team, have considered it more appropriate to use the designation of the cavities made by the members of the ERE-CEC, since it is a more complete joint work. This same line regarding designation has been used by Jordi de Valles in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (4).

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs,J; Miñarro,J.M; Talavera,F.(1980).-”el ripollès la garrotxa i l'alt empordà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol4):1-296. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. Escolà Boada,Oleguer; Inglès Alcon, Antoni; Martinez Rius, Albert.(1983).-”Bufadors de Babí”. Espèleòleg (34-35):223-243. ERE-CE Catalunya.
  3. GE Terra i Mar.(1968).-”Grup d'espeleologia Terra i Mar -Sabadell-” Espeleòleg (7):239-241. ERE.CE Catalunya.
  4. Valles, Jordi de.(2010).-”Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Gironès, Osona, Pla de l'Estany, Selva”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (4):1-397. EC Gràcia – FCE.

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