Caves of Albanyà

Albanyà, a municipality in Alt Empordà, has 46 inventoried cavities: 21 caves and 25 pits. The total passage adds up to 1356 metres and the maximum depth reached is 55 metres. All the cavities develop in limestone.

Forat del Ginebret, at the Tossa d'Espinau, is the most notable cavity: 296 metres of passage and 55 metres of depth. It was located in 1983, explored in 1988 and surveyed in 1997 down to -55 metres. Other relevant cavities are the Forats de la Tossa d'espinau Nº1-3, with 100 metres of passage and 22 metres of depth, explored by the GEB on 17 April 1993; the Forat del Pla de Montosa, of 90 metres of passage and 25 metres of depth, explored and surveyed by the GEIS in 1985; the Tuta de la Pólvora, a cave with Neolithic remains of 58 metres of passage; and the Forat del Roquissar, a small pit of 21 metres of depth in the serra de les Corones.

Among the deepest pits there are also the Forat d'en Met, of 27 metres of drop, located in 1989 and explored in 1991, and the Forat de la Tossa d'espinau Nº6, of 26 metres of depth, cleared and explored by the GEB on 17 April 1993.