Cova Inferior del Penitent
Small cave with a 12-metre passage in Queralbs, with an entrance of 3.44x3.06 metres and a gallery of 7.87 metres.
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Cova Inferior del Penitent
Small cave with a 12-metre passage in Queralbs, with an entrance of 3.44x3.06 metres and a gallery of 7.87 metres.
Queralbs · Ripollès
Length: 12 m · Depth: 1 m
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Small cave with a 12-metre passage in Queralbs, with an entrance of 3.44x3.06 metres and a gallery of 7.87 metres.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The entrance is 3.44x3.06 metres and gives access to a gallery of 7.87 metres. On the back wall and at mid-height there is a narrow passage that gives access to a low-roofed gallery with many stalactites, where 4.10 metres of length could be measured.
Speleothems
The low-roofed gallery has many stalactites.
Progression
From the 3.44x3.06 metre entrance one reaches a gallery of 7.87 metres. On the back wall and at mid-height there is a narrow passage that gives access to a low-roofed gallery with many stalactites, where 4.10 metres of length could be measured. It is unknown whether this gallery continues, since the dimensions of the passage did not allow access to it, in addition to finding a plague of mosquitoes inside.
History
The first reference we have of an exploration is the one carried out by members of the GES - CMB in October 1950, when they made the first visit to the Cova de les Encantades.
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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.
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