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Cova del Canyet

Small sea cave at Cala Canyet, in Santa Cristina d'Aro, explored in the summer of 1981 by the brothers Eduard and Xavier Badiella.

Santa Cristina d'Aro • Baix Empordà 21m 1m

Small sea cave at Cala Canyet, in Santa Cristina d'Aro, explored in the summer of 1981 by the brothers Eduard and Xavier Badiella.

Characteristics

Location

Opened about 20 m to the S of Cala Canyet. First catalogued in Tossa de Mar and later in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, but it is actually located in the municipality of Santa Cristina d'Aro. Approximate coordinates.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Cova del Canyet

    Elevation: 0 m

    41.759296, 2.982176
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 498518 4623052
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Description

Morphology

The entrance is a fissure 2 by 5 m, and gives way to a gallery whose ceiling height gradually decreases until reaching 0.5 m, then recovers again. At the same time, the floor rises and from the sea bed at the entrance (-4 m) it reaches 1 m above the water at the inner end.

History

The only known data are those provided at the time by the brothers Eduard and Xavier Badiella (SIS – CE Terrassa), who explored it in the summer of 1981.

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Bibliography

  1. 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.
  2. Valles, Jordi de (2010).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol.4: 397 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia

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