Cova de les Gavines

Small sea cave with an 11 m passage in Lloret de Mar (Selva), explored and surveyed in August 1980.

Lloret de Mar • Selva 11m

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Cova de les Gavines

Small sea cave with an 11 m passage in Lloret de Mar (Selva), explored and surveyed in August 1980.

Lloret de Mar · Selva

Length: 11 m

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

Small sea cave with an 11 m passage in Lloret de Mar (Selva), explored and surveyed in August 1980.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Lloret de Mar
Region: Selva
Unit: Marina de la Selva, la
Length: 11 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Granite
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: July 24, 2014

Location

Past the Punta dels Calafats is the Cova de les Falzies, and 60 metres further E, past a point, there is an inlet, on the left of which, very well hidden, lies this small cave. Approximate coordinates and a location of low precision.

Entrances

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Cova de les Gavines
Elevation: 0 m
41.698806, 2.860141
UTM 31T (ED 50) 488456 4616550
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Topographic

Cova de les Gavines - Topography, Lloret de Mar, Selva

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Description

Morphology

It consists of a single gallery one metre wide, two high and 11 metres long, which turns slightly to the left, with a small pebble beach at the end.

A few metres from this cave there is a small concavity (Cova petita de les Gavines) formed by a 5-metre-long passage that ends in a small chamber of reduced dimensions.

History

The only data we have are those published by members of the SIS – CE Terrassa who explored and surveyed it in August 1980.

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Bibliography

Badiella, Eduard; Badiella, Xavier; Badiella, Enric (1982).- “Les cavitats del litoral de la comarca de la Selva”. SIS (9): 37-64 / Arxiu del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (29): 577-604. Terrassa.

Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F. (1982).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol. 6): el Baix Empordà, el Gironès, la Selva, l’Osona, el Vallès Oriental i el Maresme: 290 pp. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.