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Cova de Sant Jordi

Cova de Sant Jordi

Cave with a 23 m vertical drop and 93 m of passage in Camarasa, known since time immemorial, explored by GEFOMA in 1970 and surveyed in 1973.

Camarasa • Noguera 93m 23m

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Cova de Sant Jordi

Cave with a 23 m vertical drop and 93 m of passage in Camarasa, known since time immemorial, explored by GEFOMA in 1970 and surveyed in 1973.

Camarasa · Noguera

Length: 93 m · Depth: 23 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 41.887175, 0.896785 UTM 31 · 325505 4639388
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Cave with a 23 m vertical drop and 93 m of passage in Camarasa, known since time immemorial, explored by GEFOMA in 1970 and surveyed in 1973.

Characteristics

Location

Located in the water shaft next to the chapel of Sant Jordi. We will head W for 85 metres, just above a small ledge, placing ourselves at the start of a small channel (ETRS89 X:325502; Y:4639402). We will descend S, along the side of the channel, to about 9 metres below, and in the very middle of the channel we will find the cave entrance.

About 10 metres to the E, and practically at the same level, there is a small, narrow cave of less than 5 metres of passage.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Sant Jordi, Cova de

    Elevation: 666 m

    41.887175, 0.896785
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 325505 4639388
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

An entrance 1 x 2 metres divided in two by a block gives way to a gallery of 33 metres, where its dimensions vary notably from one point to another.

Progression

At 22 metres from the entrance, we find a 5-metre shaft that gives access to a gallery of 10 metres; at one of its ends a 3-metre shaft leads to a ledge, immediately finding another 3-metre drop that places us in a gallery of 8 metres, which gives us access to the final 10-metre drop.

History

Known in Camarasa since time immemorial. Explored by GEFOMA in 1970; in 1973 they surveyed it. In this cave a rifle was found buried and wrapped in a sack, by its characteristics probably dating from the war of 1936, hence the name initially given to it; later they learned that the cave was known in Camarasa by the name of the saint of the chapel.

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Bibliography

Rubinat, Francesc; Trens, Tomàs. (1974).- “Cova de Sant Jordi (Avenc del Fusell)”. GOURS   (2):7 i 9. GEFOMA. Barcelona

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