Coves de la Punta del Molar

A sea cave about 40 m long in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, S of the Cova Trencada, in a corner of the cala dels Corbs.

Sant Feliu de Guíxols • Baix Empordà 40m

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A sea cave about 40 m long in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, S of the Cova Trencada, in a corner of the cala dels Corbs.

Sant Feliu de Guíxols · Baix Empordà

Length: 40 m

Updated record

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

A sea cave about 40 m long in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, S of the Cova Trencada, in a corner of the cala dels Corbs.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Sant Feliu de Guíxols
Region: Baix Empordà
Unit: Gavarres, les
Length: 40 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Granite
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

To the S of the Cova Trencada, in a corner of the cala dels Corbs. Quite far from the Punta del Molar (Mular, according to the ICC) which gives it its name. Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Coves de la Punta del Molar
Elevation: 0 m
41.783051, 3.046527
UTM 31T (ED 50) 503960 4625895
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Topographic

Coves de la Punta del Molar - Topography, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Baix Empordà

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Description

Morphology

The entrance porch gives way to two independent galleries. The right-hand one, about 2 metres wide, is slightly ascending, 21 metres long and with its floor covered by sand. The other is somewhat narrower and has a block right in the middle; its length is just over 9 metres.

History

Known since time immemorial by the fishermen of the area.

Senent (1963) cites it for the first time in his work on the Cova de les Rates Penades. Members of the ERE of the CEC visited and surveyed it around the beginning of the 1960s, although the survey remained unpublished until the publication of the volume corresponding to the Baix Empordà of the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (1980).

In July 1998 members of the SIRE – UEC surveyed it again.

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Bibliography

Collado, Mª A.; Sandoval, J. (1999).- “Catàleg de cavitats de Sant Feliu de Guíxols”. Excursionisme (274): 35-48. Unió Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.