Cova de l'Escorpí

Small cave at the bottom of Vallbona (Garraf), a single passage about 7 metres long, the remains of an old spring, discovered and explored by the SES – CE Puigmal in the late 1950's.

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Cova de l'Escorpí

Small cave at the bottom of Vallbona (Garraf), a single passage about 7 metres long, the remains of an old spring, discovered and explored by the SES – CE Puigmal in the late 1950's.

Sitges · Garraf

Length: 7 m

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

Small cave at the bottom of Vallbona (Garraf), a single passage about 7 metres long, the remains of an old spring, discovered and explored by the SES – CE Puigmal in the late 1950's.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Sitges
Region: Garraf
Unit: Garraf, el
Length: 7 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: February 10, 2019

Location

The entrance, hidden by vegetation, is located about 25 metres above the bed of the fondo de Vallbona, a few metres downstream of the confluence of the main fondos that form its headwaters (el Jardí) and on its right-hand slope.

From the Rat Penat urbanisation we take the bed of the fondo de Vallbona and follow it upstream. We leave the fondo de les Guineus on our left and reach the Jardí. We will have walked about 2 Km.

A few metres before reaching this point we must climb up through the scrub on the right-hand slope of the fondo (about 20 metres), where the camí de l'Àngel towards the Pleta passes (almost lost), and turn to our left, climbing diagonally to the foot of a small cliff where the cave is found.

The entrance is perfectly visible from the opposite slope (Avenc Lung).

At the entrance there was a yellow inscription that read A-20 (year 2000).

Entrances

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Cova de l' Escorpí
Elevation: 256 m
41.279134, 1.921709
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 409697 4570305
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Description

Morphology

It appears to be a single passage about 7 metres long, the remains of an old spring.

Progression

No survey is available.

History

Discovered and explored by members of the SES – CE Puigmal towards the end of the 1950's. Mentioned by Suñer (1960) in a hydrogeological study. Borràs (1974) does not include it in his catalogue of Garraf. It later appears in some editions of the Editorial Alpina map, although with a not very accurate geolocation.

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Bibliography

Suñer Coma, E. (1960).- Estudio hidrogeológico de la zona oriental de la Falconera. Garraf (Barcelona). Memoria del X Curso oficial de exploraciones subterráneas. SES – CE Puigmal. Barcelona.