Cova dels Cinc Estreps

Tiny cave with a 5-metre passage in Queralbs, with a single short gallery and a floor covered in sand.

Queralbs • Ripollès 5m

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Tiny cave with a 5-metre passage in Queralbs, with a single short gallery and a floor covered in sand.

Queralbs · Ripollès

Length: 5 m

Updated record

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

Tiny cave with a 5-metre passage in Queralbs, with a single short gallery and a floor covered in sand.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Queralbs
Region: Ripollès
Unit: Alt Freser
Length: 5 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Pirineu Axial
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

It is located about 45 metres from the Tut de Fustanyà, on the same cliff and hanging about 6 metres above its base. The Gothic-arch entrance is visible from the Queralbs road. Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Cova dels Cinc Estreps
Elevation: 1136 m
42.341568, 2.169417
UTM 31T (ED 50) 431675 4688239
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Description

Morphology

Small cavity consisting of a single short gallery 5 metres long. It has a floor covered by a layer of sand and is affected by an intense process of decalcification.

Other details

We have no record of the existence of any survey of this cavity.

History

In 1972 it was explored by the SIE del CE Àliga, being the first and only known reference to this cavity.

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Bibliography

Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F.(1980).-”el Ripollès, la Garrotxa i l'Alt Empordà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. (vol. 4):1-296. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
Sirera i Navia, Antoni; Tomás i Corretgé, Xavier.(1973).-”La cova de Rialb y cavidades cercanas en el valle del Freser”. Comunicacions III Simpòsium Espeleologia. pp.154-178. Agrupació Cientifico-Excursionista de Mataró.