Forat de la Canya

A minor rock shelter in Baén (Baix Pallars), with an entrance 7 metres high by 6 wide.

Baix Pallars • Pallars Sobirà 11m

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Forat de la Canya

A minor rock shelter in Baén (Baix Pallars), with an entrance 7 metres high by 6 wide.

Baix Pallars · Pallars Sobirà

Length: 11 m

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A minor rock shelter in Baén (Baix Pallars), with an entrance 7 metres high by 6 wide.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Baix Pallars
Region: Pallars Sobirà
Unit: Boumort, el
Length: 11 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

On the N-260 road from Pobla de Segur to Sort, once past the last tunnel of the Collegats gorge, at 2.5 kilometres we will find the turn-off towards Baén, passing through the small village of Bresca and near the Useu.

From Baén one must follow the path that climbs towards the Cova de Porredons and, past the Avenc dels Ribes pit, considerably higher up, on the right of the path, this rock shelter is found.

Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Forat de la Canya
Elevation: 1295 m
42.332620, 1.108550
UTM 31T (ED 50) 344264 4688644
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Topographic

Forat de la Canya - Topography, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà

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Description

Morphology

Rock shelter with an entrance 7 metres high by 6 wide. The ceiling of the gallery that originates there descends until it becomes impenetrable at 11 metres from the entrance.

Other details

Inside there is a stone wall that indicates that it was formerly used to keep livestock.

History

Known since time immemorial by the people of the area. The only speleological reference we have is the one given from the visit of the ERE – CEC at Easter 1976.