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Graller de Set Fonts

Small pit 23 metres deep at Pedraforca, Gósol, with a 10.5-metre shaft, a ramp and two further shafts of 3.5 and 6 metres.

Gósol • Berguedà 65m 23m

Small pit 23 metres deep at Pedraforca, Gósol, with a 10.5-metre shaft, a ramp and two further shafts of 3.5 and 6 metres.

Characteristics

Location

To the E of the Set Fonts, where at the upper part there is a small mound where the cavity is found. Approximate coordinates.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Set Fonts, Graller de

    Elevation: 2200 m

    42.248490, 1.689820
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 392010 4678402
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Description

Morphology

It is a large fissure where at the NW end there is a shaft 10.5 metres deep followed by a ramp and two new shafts, one of 3.5 metres and the other of 6 metres; at the end of this is the maximum depth of the cavity, -23 metres. At the other end of the entrance (lower lip) a sloping gallery begins that reaches the upper part of the last shaft.

Other details

At various points in the cavity some quantities of snow are preserved during much of the year.

History

The first exploration of which there is a record was carried out by the ERE of the CEC in 1966.

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Bibliography

  1. Miñarro,J.M.(1974).- “Apuntes para el conocimiento espeleológico del Pedraforca” Espeleosie (15):23-54. SIE-CE Àliga. Barcelona.
  2. Borràs,J; Miñarro,J.M.; Talavera,F.(1980).-Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.5): 19-126.(l'Urgell-el Solsonès-la Segarra i el Berguedà). ed. Políglota. Barcelona.

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