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Cova Sc-30

Cova Sc-30

A 60-metre-long cave in Gisclareny, discovered on 8 November 1987 after 5 weeks of digging.

Gisclareny • Berguedà 60m 9m

A 60-metre-long cave in Gisclareny, discovered on 8 November 1987 after 5 weeks of digging.

Characteristics

Location

Heading up the thalweg of the torrent de la Muga upstream from where the cova SC-26 is located, we find on the hydrographic right a steep torrent gully with a vertical drop of 5 metres at its base. The cavity is located at the start of the torrent and beneath an overhang, to the right of a large accumulation of blocks.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Sc-30

    Elevation: 982 m

    42.269121, 1.795113
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 400635 4680360
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

Through a passage between blocks one enters a descending gallery of rounded form. At 10 metres along we find a narrow crawlway 8 metres long and descending, clearly opened along the bedding joint. Once past it, one reaches the start of another gallery with the same orientation, but with comfortable going until it ends in a low passage divided in two by an elongated block; the easiest access is via the upper part of this. After a series of descending stretches of chaotic appearance we reach an inclined chamber whose floor is covered with gravel and where, at its deepest end, a small sump opens.

History

The cavity was discovered during a prospection along the thalweg on 8 November 1987. After laborious digging that lasted 5 weeks, access was achieved.

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Bibliography

  1. SIES (1992).- “El S.I.E.S. en la Sierra del Cadí” Espeleología SIES (1): 9-33. SIES-CCR l'Avenç. Esplugues de Llobregat.
  2. Asensio Vela, Antonio.(1997).-”Exploracions a la Serra del Cadí.(Recull preliminar dels treballs efectuats de 1982 a 1992”. Cavernes (24):61-64. GE Badalona.
  • Coordenades i fotografies facilitades l'agost de 2019 per Josep Guarro.

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