Caves of Alcover
Alcover (Alt Camp) has 3 catalogued cavities: 1 pit and 2 caves, with 52 metres of total passage and a maximum depth of 14 metres. Avenc dels Escaladors is the longest and deepest.
Alcover has 3 catalogued caves, including 1 potholes and 2 caves. The longest is Avenc dels Escaladors (33m). Most caves are found in limestone.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Alcover, a municipality in Alt Camp, has 3 catalogued cavities: 1 pit and 2 caves. Together they total 52 metres of passage and reach a maximum depth of 14 metres. The recorded lithologies are limestone, present in 2 cavities, and sandstone, in 1.
Avenc dels Escaladors is the longest cavity, at 33 metres, and also the deepest, at 14 metres. It was explored in 1975 by the SIEP and rediscovered in 2026 by the GIEM-CEM. Cova de Can Gomis has 12 metres of passage, an entrance of 1x3 mts and a 1-metre drop. Balma de Sant Antoni, known as the cave of the Tres Cocos, was visited in May 2018 by the EC Barcelonès.
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The 20 longest
- 1Avenc dels EscaladorsAlcover, Tarragona33 m
- 2Cova de Can GomisAlcover, Tarragona12 m
- 3Balma de Sant AntoniAlcover, Tarragona7 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc dels EscaladorsAlcover, Tarragona14 m
- 2Cova de Can GomisAlcover, Tarragona3 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenc dels Escaladors | 33 meters | 14 meters | Alcover | Alt Camp |
| Cova de Can Gomis | 12 meters | 3 meters | Alcover | Alt Camp |
| Balma de Sant Antoni | 7 meters | 0 meters | Alcover | Alt Camp |
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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/