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Forat de Bellmunt

Forat de Bellmunt

Small cave with a 27 m passage in the area of the Santuari de Bellmunt (Osona), with a narrow, descending gallery that ends blocked between boulders and sediments at the -9.5 m level.

Sant Pere de Torelló • Osona 27m 10m

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Forat de Bellmunt

Small cave with a 27 m passage in the area of the Santuari de Bellmunt (Osona), with a narrow, descending gallery that ends blocked between boulders and sediments at the -9.5 m level.

Sant Pere de Torelló · Osona

Length: 27 m · Depth: 10 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 42.100392, 2.289926 UTM 31 · 441379 4661371
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small cave with a 27 m passage in the area of the Santuari de Bellmunt (Osona), with a narrow, descending gallery that ends blocked between boulders and sediments at the -9.5 m level.

Characteristics

Location

From Sant Pere de Torelló one must go up (by asphalted track) to the Santuari de Bellmunt. Once at the top, shortly before reaching the sanctuary (collet de les Alades), one must follow for about 250 metres, in a SW direction, the path that runs along the ridge of Serra Grenyada until reaching the collet del Cabrit. From here one must descend by the S slope along a very steep and slippery incline until reaching a narrow, barely visible rocky outcrop, where the small entrance of the cavity is found.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Bellmunt, Forat de

    Elevation: 1174 m

    42.100392, 2.289926
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 441379 4661371
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Photos

Forat de Bellmunt - Photo, Sant Pere de Torelló, OsonaView image
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Description

Morphology

One enters through a narrow gallery, slightly descending and about 10 metres long. From here, the passage gains verticality and after overcoming a couple of drops one reaches a short gallery that soon becomes blocked between boulders and sediments (-9.5 m level).

Hydrology

Cavity of purely mechanical origin without signs of open water circulation in a package of Eocene sandstones with intercalations of conglomerates and lutites.

History

It seems that this cavity and other nearby ones that remain unpublished were explored around the year 1994 by members of the Espeleo Club Osona. Despite this, the only known data are those taken from the visit carried out by the SIE – CEA on 14 June 2009.

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Bibliography

  1. Valles, Jordi de (2010).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 4: 397 pp.. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.
  • Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: espeleobloc (post del 29-8-2009).

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