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Sa Roncadora

Sa Roncadora

Sea cave with a 63 m passage in Palafrugell, with a long 46 m fissure connecting the upper part of the cliff with sea level.

Palafrugell • Baix Empordà 63m 27m

Sea cave with a 63 m passage in Palafrugell, with a long 46 m fissure connecting the upper part of the cliff with sea level.

Characteristics

Location

Going by sea, once past Cala Ventosa and following the coastline towards Cala Marquesa, a scant 40 metres after the Cova de Cala Ventosa is sa Roncadora. Both the sea mouth and the upper mouth are very visible.

From land and located in the Aigua Xelida development, here we must look for a dead-end street called Sa Roncadora; continuing along this street we will reach a very pronounced bend, here we will leave the vehicle, we will continue along a signposted path, Camí de Ronda, which will take us to Sa Roncadora.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Roncadora, Sa

    Elevation: 0 m

    41.923574, 3.217462
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 518125 4641518
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It is a long 46-metre fissure that connects the upper part of the cliff with sea level. The upper mouth is 27 metres long by a maximum width of 6 metres, it is funnel-shaped and narrows as one descends until reaching the water, where in some places it becomes impenetrable while in others it widens to almost 2 metres. From the lower lip to sea level there are 17 metres.

Hydrology

Entering through the sea mouth the depth below the water level reaches 12.5 metres and one finds a bedrock that blocks the way but is easily passable either by climbing over it or passing under the water (the rock only reaches 1 metre of depth); past this one can advance about 13 metres, at first narrow and progressively widening to 1.6 metres, then it suddenly narrows to 20 centimetres which make it impenetrable at least at water level.

The truth is that, descending the 17-metre shaft, the cave seems to continue below the water and with more width than at the surface, but we have no news that it has been explored.

History

Cavity of great renown in the area, cited in various guides to the Costa Brava. Members of the SIS – CE Terrassa explored and surveyed it in August 1986. In 2016, it was the subject of new work by members of the GEB.

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Bibliography

  1. Badiella, Enric; Badiella, Xavier; Badiella, Eduard (1992).- “Les cavitats litorals del Baix Empordà. (I) de Palamós a Aiguablava”. SIS (12): 26-51 / Arxiu del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (75): 162-187. Terrassa.
  • Dades extretes del web del Grup Espeleològic de Badalona (www.geb.cat) post del dia 14-10-2016. Text i fotografies de Josep Cuenca i Francesc X. Samarra (GE Badalona).

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