Caves and potholes in the La Marina de la Selva geological unit
Spans: Selva
Part of the Serralada Litoral major unit, dominated by granite (100 %). Its caves are spread across Selva.
La Marina de la Selva is a unit of the Serralada Litoral with 41 caves, all catalogued as Cova, totalling 1192 m of passage and reaching a maximum depth of 9 m.
There are 41 catalogued cavities in the La Marina de la Selva geological unit, including 0 potholes and 41 caves. The longest is Cova Des Bergantí (224m) and the deepest is Cova Petita de Punta Pola (9m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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La Marina de la Selva, la, is a unit of the Serralada Litoral made up of 41 cavities, all of them caves. Together they total 1192 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 9 m. The lithology of the unit is granitic in all cases.
It is a granitic sector of the coast of the Selva, where the cavities are boulder caves among crystalline rock. The longest cave is the Cova Des Bergantí, with 224 m of passage, known since time immemorial and fully explored in the summer of 1979. It is followed by the Cova de Punta Pola, with 134 m, and the Cova de Sa Pedra Negra, with 86 m. Other notable cavities are the Cova Baixa, of 53 m, and the Cova Martines, of 47 m.
Among the deepest caves are the Cova Petita de Punta Pola, with 9 m, the Cova Nº2 d'en Boada, with 7 m, and the Cova de Sa Pedra Negra, with 6 m. The Cova Iii de Fotedera, of 38 m of passage, was explored in August 1980 by members of the SIS – CE Terrassa.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova Des BergantíTossa de Mar, Girona224 m
- 2Cova de Punta PolaTossa de Mar, Girona134 m
- 3Cova de Sa Pedra NegraTossa de Mar, Girona86 m
- 4Cova BaixaTossa de Mar, Girona53 m
- 5Cova MartinesTossa de Mar, Girona47 m
- 6Cova de les FalziesLloret de Mar, Girona42 m
- 7Cova Ii de FotederaTossa de Mar, Girona42 m
- 8Cova Iii de FotederaTossa de Mar, Girona38 m
- 9Cova de la BaumaTossa de Mar, Girona34 m
- 10Cova Des ColomerTossa de Mar, Girona34 m
- 11Cova Petita de Punta PolaTossa de Mar, Girona34 m
- 12Cova de Sant Jaume ApòstolTossa de Mar, Girona33 m
- 13Cova I de Cala BonaTossa de Mar, Girona30 m
- 14Cova d'en VidalTossa de Mar, Girona25 m
- 15Cova Nº4 d'en BoadaTossa de Mar, Girona22 m
- 16Cova Des PalomarTossa de Mar, Girona21 m
- 17Cova I del MoroTossa de Mar, Girona20 m
- 18Es XucladorLloret de Mar, Girona20 m
- 19Cova Ii de Cala BonaTossa de Mar, Girona18 m
- 20Cova GiverolaTossa de Mar, Girona16 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova Petita de Punta PolaTossa de Mar, Girona9 m
- 2Cova Nº2 d'en BoadaTossa de Mar, Girona7 m
- 3Cova de Sa Pedra NegraTossa de Mar, Girona6 m
- 4Cova Iii de FotederaTossa de Mar, Girona5 m
- 5Cova de la Punta de N'aromirTossa de Mar, Girona4 m
- 6Cova Nº4 d'en BoadaTossa de Mar, Girona4 m
- 7Cova Submarina de la Campana de l'infernTossa de Mar, Girona4 m
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