Cova de l'Home Mort

Cova de 16 metres de recorregut prop del coll de la Creueta (Castellar de n'Hug)

Castellar de n'Hug • Berguedà16m4m

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Cova de l'Home Mort

Cova de 16 metres de recorregut prop del coll de la Creueta (Castellar de n'Hug)

Castellar de n'Hug · Berguedà

Length: 16 m · Depth: 4 m

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

Cave with a 16-metre passage near the coll de la Creueta, in Castellar de n'Hug.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Castellar de n'Hug
Region: Berguedà
Unit: Alt Llobregat
Length: 16 meters
Depth: 4 meters
Major Unit: Pirineu Axial
Lithology: Limestone
Last review: 2015-06-21

Location

By the BV-4031 road from Castellar de n'Hug, shortly after kilometre 21 we reach the coll de la Creueta, where we turn left onto a track heading to the Pla de Rus and the coll de la Bassa. The cavity is on the S face of the first spur of the ridge running from the coll de la Creueta to the coll de la Bassa, above the first bends of the track.

Coordinates without much precision.

Entrances

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Cova de l' Home Mort
Elevation: 1977 m
42.298295, 1.988137
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 416592 4683392
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Topographic

Cova de l'Home Mort - Topography, Castellar de n'Hug, Berguedà

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Description

Morphology

Small cavity with a 16-metre ascending passage (+4 m), part of some old conduit now fossil and dismantled.

Speleothems

With slight signs of concretions and infill.

History

Explored and surveyed in 1979 by the GE Badalona, although it was not published until the appearance of the third volume of the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya in 2009.