Cova de la Font dels Capellans

Curious balma in travertines at Cabrera d'Anoia, about 25 metres wide, 4 metres deep and 9 high, with a beautiful waterfall.

Cabrera d'Anoia • Anoia 21m 4m

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Curious balma in travertines at Cabrera d'Anoia, about 25 metres wide, 4 metres deep and 9 high, with a beautiful waterfall.

Cabrera d'Anoia · Anoia

Length: 21 m · Depth: 4 m

Updated record

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

Curious balma in travertines at Cabrera d'Anoia, about 25 metres wide, 4 metres deep and 9 high, with a beautiful waterfall.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Cabrera d'Anoia
Region: Anoia
Unit: Anoia, l'
Length: 21 meters
Depth: 4 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Travertine
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: March 26, 2016

Location

From km. 31.6 of the C-15 road (Igualada – Vilafranca del Penedès) the site of Canaletes can be reached via the road leading to Sant Jaume de Sesoliveres, at about 600 metres and past the farmhouse of La Bleda, we will find a track on the right, and at about 250 metres approximately, we will find some vineyards, here we will park the car.

Entrances

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Cova de la Font dels Capellans
Elevation: 249 m
41.477029, 1.711738
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 392439 4592515
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Topographic

Cova de la Font dels Capellans - Topography, Cabrera d'Anoia, Anoia

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Photos

Cova de la Font dels Capellans - Photo, Cabrera d'Anoia, Anoia

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Description

Morphology

It is a curious balma, about 25 metres wide, 4 metres deep and 9 high.

Speleothems

In this balma important deposits of travertine accumulate, where small galleries that cross it have formed. Despite its small development, it has corners of great beauty, with an assortment of “guineus” or calcified roots that form showy eccentric formations. We also find small gours, pisolites and flows.

Hydrology

With a beautiful waterfall.

Progression

We will take a path that will lead us to the bed of the Canaletes torrent, which we will follow downstream, quickly reaching the Salt dels Capellans.

History

Known since remote times. Visited and catalogued by members of the GE Badalona in August 2014.

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Bibliography

Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: espeleobloc.blogspot (Apunt del 26-10-2014). Autors fitxa: J. Cuenca i F.X. Samarra (GE Badalona)