Forat de l'Encantada

Small pit 7 metres deep in the Encantada area (Camarasa), with a small 5.5-metre shaft and branches that narrow.

Camarasa • Noguera 13m 7m

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Small pit 7 metres deep in the Encantada area (Camarasa), with a small 5.5-metre shaft and branches that narrow.

Camarasa · Noguera

Length: 13 m · Depth: 7 m

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Small pit 7 metres deep in the Encantada area (Camarasa), with a small 5.5-metre shaft and branches that narrow.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Camarasa
Region: Noguera
Unit: Serres marginals - Est
Length: 13 meters
Depth: 7 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

It is located 100 metres E of the agulla de l'Encantada, near the houses of the hydroelectric company. Approximate coordinates without much reliability.

Entrances

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Forat de l' Encantada
Elevation: 390 m
41.898320, 0.884110
UTM 31T (ED 50) 324578 4640855
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Topographic

Forat de l'Encantada - Topography, Camarasa, Noguera

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Description

Morphology

The opening in the wall gives rapid access to a small 5.5-metre shaft. At its base different branches open following the main cracks, all narrowing within a few metres; one of them leads outside, but the passage is impracticable.

History

The first reference to this cavity is found in the Catàleg Espeleològic de la Noguera (Grallera 3-4), and the first survey dates from 1994. It is likely that the cavity was known to the regular climbers of the Encantada area.