Cova d'en Manent

Small cave about 40 m long at the Tossal d'Isòvol, in the Cerdanya, near the summit and N of the small village of the same name.

Isòvol • Cerdanya 40m 13m

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Cova d'en Manent

Small cave about 40 m long at the Tossal d'Isòvol, in the Cerdanya, near the summit and N of the small village of the same name.

Isòvol · Cerdanya

Length: 40 m · Depth: 13 m

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

Small cave about 40 m long at the Tossal d'Isòvol, in the Cerdanya, near the summit and N of the small village of the same name.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Isòvol
Region: Cerdanya
Unit: Alt Segre
Length: 40 meters
Depth: 13 meters
Major Unit: Pirineu Axial
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

Very close to the summit of the Tossal d'Isòvol, N of the small village of the same name, in the Cerdanya. Approximate coordinates of low precision.

Entrances

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Manent, Cova d'en
Elevation: 1247 m
42.381951, 1.811426
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 402155 4692869
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Topographic

Cova d'en Manent - Topography, Isòvol, Cerdanya

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Description

Morphology

The entrance is of considerable dimensions. From it one descends along a ramp gallery that gives access to a chamber 23 by 7 metres and reaches a height of 12.5 metres. The chamber is occupied and subdivided by large clastic blocks that almost completely fill it. From there three small branches emerge: two beginnings of gallery that follow joints parallel to its final end, and another small gallery 9 metres long that emerges from the eastern lower third.

Other details

The cavity opens in a zone of heavily crushed limestone with quite a few well-individualized joints that follow a main direction S30E and upon which the cave has formed.

History

Although it would have been known since time immemorial, it is not until the campaigns that members of the ERE – CEC carried out in a systematic manner from the year 1966 to 1970 in different areas of the Cerdanya, that it was widely publicized.

Bio

Coleoptera: Troglophyes riberai Español.

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Bibliography

Borràs, J.; Miñarro,JM.; Talavera, F: (1978).- Catàleg espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 1 (l'Alt Urgell i la Cerdanya): 166. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.

Canals, M.; Ribera, C. Viñas, R. (1970).- La Fou de Bor i cavitats de l'alta vall del Segre., 98 pp. Centre Excursionista de Catalunya – Ed. Montblanch.