Cau Petit

Tiny 3 m hollow in Terrades (Alt Empordà), beneath the GI-504 road towards Boadella d'Empordà, at kilometre 0.5.

Terrades • Alt Empordà 3m

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Cau Petit

Tiny 3 m hollow in Terrades (Alt Empordà), beneath the GI-504 road towards Boadella d'Empordà, at kilometre 0.5.

Terrades · Alt Empordà

Length: 3 m

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

Tiny 3 m hollow in Terrades (Alt Empordà), beneath the GI-504 road towards Boadella d'Empordà, at kilometre 0.5.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Terrades
Region: Alt Empordà
Unit: Empordà, l'
Length: 3 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: February 26, 2015

Location

Beneath the GI-504 road that goes from Terrades towards Boadella d'Empordà. At kilometre 0.5 from its start at the junction.

Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Petit, Cau
Elevation: 250 m
42.316512, 2.834663
UTM 31T (ED 50) 486468 4685137
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Topographic

Cau Petit - Topography, Terrades, Alt Empordà

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Description

Morphology

Tiny concavity with small adjacent diverticula and formed by a single small chamber of 3 metres at its greatest diameter.

History

The first news we have about this small cavity is provided by Àngel Lagar and his colleagues from the SIRE – UEC Gràcia, who explored it on 8 April 1973. It has subsequently been visited again for faunistic collecting purposes (Bellés and Comas, April 1979).

Bio

Coleoptera:

Speonomus delarouzeii Farm. (described by Zariquiey in 1917 as Speonomus guimjuani)

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Bibliography

Borràs, J.; Miñarro,JM.; Talavera,F. (1980).- Catàleg espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 4: el Ripollès, la Garrotxa i l'Alt Empordà. 296 pp. Ed.Políglota. Barcelona.

Escolà, O.; Bellés, X. (1984).- “Distribució geogràfica dels Speonomus del subgènere Parvospeonomus (Col. Catopidae Bathysciinae) al vessant meridional dels Pirineus. Actes de la III Sessió conjunta d'entomologia: 19-28. ICHN – SCL. Mataró

Lagar, A.; Salvadó, M.; Sabater, J.; Torrella, J. (1973).- “Cavidades de Terrades (Alt Empordà, Girona)”. Senderos (176): 19-25. Unió Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.