Cova d'en Cantero

A 38 m-long cave at the Port, at the NE end of the Mola de Catí, with a sloping chamber more than 30 m long and about 18 m high, rich in parietal lithogenic forms.

Tortosa • Baix Ebre 38m 21m

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Cova d'en Cantero

A 38 m-long cave at the Port, at the NE end of the Mola de Catí, with a sloping chamber more than 30 m long and about 18 m high, rich in parietal lithogenic forms.

Tortosa · Baix Ebre

Length: 38 m · Depth: 21 m

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

A 38 m-long cave at the Port, at the NE end of the Mola de Catí, with a sloping chamber more than 30 m long and about 18 m high, rich in parietal lithogenic forms.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Tortosa
Region: Baix Ebre
Unit: Port, el
Length: 38 meters
Depth: 21 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Dolomite
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

At the NE end of the Mola de Catí, right beside the cliff that drops down to the Barranc de la Paridora.

Entrances

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Cantero, Cova d'en
Elevation: 1260 m
40.815512, 0.305071
UTM 31T (ED 50) 272804 4521976
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Topographic

Cova d'en Cantero - Topography, Tortosa, Baix Ebre

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Description

Morphology

The cave mouth is found within a small depression, presenting a small step that gives access to a sloping gallery. Within a few metres, the passage widens (about 10 metres approximately) and gains even more in height, giving rise to a chamber with a sloping floor, just over 30 metres long and reaching about 18 metres in height in the central area.

Speleothems

The most notable feature of the cave is the great wealth of parietal lithogenic forms that occupy a good part of the cave.

Other details

A 38 m-long cave at the Port.

History

Located by Carles Cantero (Grup ESPEMO, Morella) in early summer 2011 and visited shortly afterwards with colleagues from the Secció d'Espeleologia i Barrancs de la UEC Tortosa, who made it known.

A cave hitherto unrecorded by speleologists, but it was certainly known to shepherds and other people of the area. It is unknown whether at some point it was known by any specific name.