Cova de les Set Cambres

Cave with a 60-metre passage in Boumort, municipality of Conca de Dalt. A fossilised spring with ascending galleries and a large chamber at 30 metres.

Conca de Dalt • Pallars Jussà 60m 6m

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Cave with a 60-metre passage in Boumort, municipality of Conca de Dalt. A fossilised spring with ascending galleries and a large chamber at 30 metres.

Conca de Dalt · Pallars Jussà

Length: 60 m · Depth: 6 m

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

Cave with a 60-metre passage in Boumort, municipality of Conca de Dalt. A fossilised spring with ascending galleries and a large chamber at 30 metres.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Conca de Dalt
Region: Pallars Jussà
Unit: Boumort, el
Length: 60 meters
Depth: 6 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

It is located in the barranc de la Coma d'Orient, after passing the Mas dels Freixes (Feixes according to the ICC) and to the NE of it, after passing a very pronounced bend to the right and below the track that leads towards the Prat Muntaner.

Approximate coordinates without much reliability.

Entrances

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Cova de les Set Cambres
Elevation: 1310 m
42.254270, 1.104560
UTM 31T (ED 50) 343741 4679951
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Topographic

Cova de les Set Cambres - Topography, Conca de Dalt, Pallars Jussà

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Description

Morphology

It is a fossilised spring made up of a gallery that increases in size as one advances. At 30 metres of passage is the largest chamber of the entire cavity, from which several ascending galleries emerge that are filled up by sediments, the highest point relative to the entrance being at + 6 metres of elevation difference.

History

Explored by Dr. Español in 1950.

Bio

Speophilus fonti Jeann. Subsp. Schüttei Españ.

Data from Dr. F. Español (1950).

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Bibliography

Español, F.(1953).-”Sobre Mathysciinae ibéricos, adiciones a la última revisión del profesor Jeannel (1924)”. Speleon (4 -1): 37-48. Oviedo.
Senent, J.; Victoria, JM.(1965).-“Datos para el conocimiento espeleológico del macizo del Boumort”. Montaña (100):269-281 Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.
Borràs, J; Miñarro, J.M.; Talavera, F.(1979).-Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.3). ed. Políglota. Barcelona.