Cova de la Veça

A 12-metre-long rock shelter on the N slope of Montsec d'Ares, with a 6x3x5-metre chamber and a small side gallery.

Sant Esteve de la Sarga • Pallars Jussà 12m 1m

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Cova de la Veça

A 12-metre-long rock shelter on the N slope of Montsec d'Ares, with a 6x3x5-metre chamber and a small side gallery.

Sant Esteve de la Sarga · Pallars Jussà

Length: 12 m · Depth: 1 m

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A 12-metre-long rock shelter on the N slope of Montsec d'Ares, with a 6x3x5-metre chamber and a small side gallery.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Sant Esteve de la Sarga
Region: Pallars Jussà
Unit: Montsec d'Ares
Length: 12 meters
Depth: 1 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Travertine
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

At the head of the barranc de la Font de la Veça and above the font de la Veça; at the base of a small cliff shortly before reaching the Serrat Alt. It is visible from the villages of Moror and Alzina. Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Cova de la Veça
Elevation: 1513 m
42.046807, 0.801976
UTM 31T (ED 50) 318187 4657514
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Topographic

Cova de la Veça - Topography, Sant Esteve de la Sarga, Pallars Jussà

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Description

Morphology

Rock shelter with a 12-metre length. Chamber of 6x3x5 metres with a small side gallery that opens to the outside.

Speleothems

On the ceiling we find small cupolas. Inside we also find a notable lithogenic process.

Hydrology

Inside we find a small fossil spring.

History

Known since ancient times and used by the shepherds of the area to shelter flocks of sheep. The ERE of the CEC carried out the only known survey on 12 April 1965.

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Bibliography

Escolà i Boada, Oleguer (1970).- “Catálogo Espeleológico del Montsec”. Espeleòleg (11-12):453-541. ERE del CEC. Barcelona.
Borràs,J.;Miñarro,JM.;Talavera,F.(1979).-”El Pallars Jussà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.3):1-211. Ed Políglota.Barcelona.