Forat del Pla de la Guàrdia

A 9-metre-deep pit at the Pla de la Guàrdia (Albanyà), discovered and explored by the GEIS in 1994.

Albanyà • Alt Empordà 26m 9m

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A 9-metre-deep pit at the Pla de la Guàrdia (Albanyà), discovered and explored by the GEIS in 1994.

Albanyà · Alt Empordà

Length: 26 m · Depth: 9 m

Updated record

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

A 9-metre-deep pit at the Pla de la Guàrdia (Albanyà), discovered and explored by the GEIS in 1994.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Albanyà
Region: Alt Empordà
Unit: Alta Garrotxa
Length: 26 meters
Depth: 9 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

It is found in a clearing in the forest of the Pla de la Guàrdia, which is located in the area of the Baga del Ginebret. Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Forat del Pla de la Guàrdia
Elevation: 1001 m
42.274821, 2.696990
UTM 31T (ED 50) 475107 4680539
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Topographic

Forat del Pla de la Guàrdia - Topography, Albanyà, Alt Empordà

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Description

Morphology

Through an almost round opening (0.80x0.70 metres), we enter a 2-metre-deep shaft that brings us into contact with a gallery that towards the E ended in a narrowing. In the W sector, the gallery descends in a ramp to the lowest level of the cavity, -9 metres. The gallery then climbs back up until reaching -5.50 metres, where the gallery ends. A good part of the floor of the cavity is full of mud.

Speleothems

Lithogenic formations can be observed at localized points.

Progression

Through an almost round opening (0.80x0.70 metres), we enter a 2-metre-deep shaft that brings us into contact with a gallery that towards the E ended in a narrowing that a boy from Lliurona, en Bernat, 8 years old, passed through, confirming to us the end of the cavity on this side.