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Cova de les Escaldes

Small cave with a passage length of 14 metres in Prullans, just over one kilometre from Bellver de Cerdanya, known since long ago and surveyed by the SIE del CE Àliga on 1 January 2005.

Prullans • Cerdanya 14m 3m

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Cova de les Escaldes

Small cave with a passage length of 14 metres in Prullans, just over one kilometre from Bellver de Cerdanya, known since long ago and surveyed by the SIE del CE Àliga on 1 January 2005.

Prullans · Cerdanya

Length: 14 m · Depth: 3 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 42.372231, 1.755849 UTM 31 · 397564 4651855
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small cave with a passage length of 14 metres in Prullans, just over one kilometre from Bellver de Cerdanya, known since long ago and surveyed by the SIE del CE Àliga on 1 January 2005.

Characteristics

Location

It is located just over one kilometre from Bellver de Cerdanya in the direction of la Seu d'Urgell, just past the Solana de Segre campsite, on the slope of the Segre river and about 12 metres above the Font de les Escaldes.

Approximate coordinates.

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Entrances

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  1. Cova de les Escaldes

    Elevation: 1010 m

    42.372231, 1.755849
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 397564 4651855
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Description

Morphology

The entrance is 1.50X3 metres and gives access to a gallery that climbs +3 metres over a passage of 9 metres. At this point there is a 2-metre-deep drop that gives access to a perpendicular gallery 5 metres long, where the cavity ends.

History

Cavity known since long ago and already cited in catalogues, but without specifying concrete data about it. The SIE del CE Àliga located, explored and surveyed it on 1 January 2005. At some point it was named Cova C.1.

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs,J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F.(1978).-”l'alt urgell i la cerdanya”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.1):139. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. Valles, Jordi de (2009).-”Berguedà, Cerdanya, Garrotxa,Ripollès” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.3):180. EC Gràcia/FCE.

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