Cova del Roser

Small cave with a passage length of 18 m in the Ingla valley (Cerdanya), an old inactive and partially fossilized spring.

Bellver de Cerdanya • Cerdanya 18m 1m

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Cova del Roser

Small cave with a passage length of 18 m in the Ingla valley (Cerdanya), an old inactive and partially fossilized spring.

Bellver de Cerdanya · Cerdanya

Length: 18 m · Depth: 1 m

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Small cave with a passage length of 18 m in the Ingla valley (Cerdanya), an old inactive and partially fossilized spring.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Bellver de Cerdanya
Region: Cerdanya
Unit: Alt Segre
Length: 18 meters
Depth: 1 meters
Major Unit: Pirineu Axial
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2014

Location

The cavity is located in the Ingla valley (Cerdanya). From Bellver one must take the GR-107 heading toward coll de Pendís, following the Ingla valley upstream. It should be found about 200 metres above the right hydrological slope, at the foot of a cliff and to the NW of spot height 1521. Approximate coordinates and a low-precision location, to be reviewed.

Entrances

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Cova del Roser
Elevation: 1400 m
42.333548, 1.787107
UTM 31T (ED 50) 400170 4687727
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Topographic

Cova del Roser - Topography, Bellver de Cerdanya, Cerdanya

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Description

Morphology

An entrance of only 0.55 x 0.85 metres serves as the entry to a single gallery 18 metres long, with a slightly ascending floor made up of decomposition clay.

Speleothems

On the walls, old flowstone partially covered by sediments can be seen.

Hydrology

An old spring, completely inactive and partially fossilized.

History

Discovered and explored in July 1961 by members of the ERE – CEC. Other members of the same group surveyed it in June 1967.

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Bibliography

Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F: (1978).- “Catàleg espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 1 (l'Alt Urgell i la Cerdanya)” Ed. Políglota. Barcelona

Canals, M; Ribera,C. Viñas, R.(1970).-La Fou de Bor i cavitats de l'Alta Vall del Segre. Ed. Montblanc.

Gasca, Manuel (1968).- “Antecedentes sobre el karst del Valle de Ingla (Cerdanya)”. Montaña (113): 24-31. Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.