Forat del Rat Penat

Small left-hand fissure near Baén, in Baix Pallars, of tectonic origin and widened by water.

Baix Pallars • Pallars Sobirà 6m

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Forat del Rat Penat

Small left-hand fissure near Baén, in Baix Pallars, of tectonic origin and widened by water.

Baix Pallars · Pallars Sobirà

Length: 6 m

Updated record

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

Small left-hand fissure near Baén, in Baix Pallars, of tectonic origin and widened by water.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Baix Pallars
Region: Pallars Sobirà
Unit: Boumort, el
Length: 6 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, we will find at 2.5 kilometres the turn-off towards Baén, passing through the small village of Bresca and near that of Useu.

On the left of the track, before reaching Baén, at an indeterminate point that the authors of the original record do not specify.

The coordinates given (at the requirement of the computer program) are totally random over the area where the cavity must be found.

Entrances

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Forat del Rat Penat
Elevation: 845 m
42.312220, 1.073580
UTM 31T (ED 50) 341331 4686444
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Topographic

Forat del Rat Penat - Topography, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà

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Description

Morphology

It is a fissure of tectonic origin, subsequently widened by the action of water. It is of reduced dimensions: 6 metres deep by 1 metre wide, reaching a maximum height of 5.5 metres.