Cova dels Gours de Queralbs

Small cave with a passage length of 27 metres in Queralbs, with a single chamber 27 metres long by 16 metres wide.

Queralbs • Ripollès 27m 2m

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Small cave with a passage length of 27 metres in Queralbs, with a single chamber 27 metres long by 16 metres wide.

Queralbs · Ripollès

Length: 27 m · Depth: 2 m

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Small cave with a passage length of 27 metres in Queralbs, with a single chamber 27 metres long by 16 metres wide.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Queralbs
Region: Ripollès
Unit: Alt Freser
Length: 27 meters
Depth: 2 meters
Major Unit: Pirineu Axial
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

Once past Rialb heading towards Queralbs, at around kilometre 3 the paved track that climbs to Vilamanya leaves to the left; once the track is crossed, on reaching the first bend to the right, leave the track on the left-hand side and follow a path straight ahead without deviating, which will lead us to the cave, 16.60x5.40 metres.

Entrances

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Cova dels Gours de Queralbs
Elevation: 1115 m
42.339569, 2.167598
UTM 31T (ED 50) 431523 468801
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Topographic

Cova dels Gours de Queralbs - Topography, Queralbs, Ripollès

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Description

Morphology

The entrance, 16.60x5.40 metres, gives access to a single chamber 27 metres long by 16 metres wide. In the first part of the cavity we find a chaos of enormous blocks. At the base of the cave there is some contact with slate.

Speleothems

At the end, a flow of microgours, completely decalcified, blocks any possibility of continuation.

History

The first reference to the exploration of this cavity dates from 4 June 1972, carried out by members of the SIE del CE Àliga.

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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.