Cova Superior del Penitent

Small cave with a passage length of 8 metres in Queralbs, with a single gallery of 7.45 metres and two entrances.

Queralbs • Ripollès 8m

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Small cave with a passage length of 8 metres in Queralbs, with a single gallery of 7.45 metres and two entrances.

Queralbs · Ripollès

Length: 8 m

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Small cave with a passage length of 8 metres in Queralbs, with a single gallery of 7.45 metres and two entrances.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Queralbs
Region: Ripollès
Unit: Alt Freser
Length: 8 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Pirineu Axial
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

At the end of the track that leaves from the road from Ribes de Freser to Queralbs, passes through Vilamanya and continues parallel to the riu de Tosa, in the barranc d'Estremera. The cave is located above the Font de l'Home Mort, on a rocky ridge situated on the hydrographic right of the torrent del Borrut. From the parking area the lower entrance can be made out; the upper entrance is about 15 metres higher up.

Entrances

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Penitent, Cova Superior del
Elevation: 1998 m
42.358888, 2.117403
UTM 31T (ED 50) 427412 4690205
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Topographic

Cova Superior del Penitent - Topography, Queralbs, Ripollès

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Description

Morphology

It is a single gallery of 7.45 metres. On the back wall and at ground level there is a narrow passage that gives access to another conduit.

Progression

We do not know whether this conduit continues, since the dimensions of the passage did not allow us to enter it.

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.