Caves of Amer
The municipality of Amer, in the Selva, contains 9 cavities: 3 pits and 6 caves, with a total length of 157 metres and a maximum depth of 14 metres. The Cova de les Guilloteres is the longest, at 47 metres.
Amer has 9 catalogued caves, including 3 potholes and 6 caves. The longest is Cova de les Guilloteres (47m) and the deepest is Forat de la Terra Blanca (14m). 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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Amer, a municipality in the comarca of the Selva, has 9 inventoried cavities: 3 pits and 6 caves. Together they total 157 metres of length and reach a maximum depth of 14 metres. The lithologies represented are limestone (4), sandstone (3), schist (1) and marl (1).
The longest cavity is the Cova de les Guilloteres, with 47 metres of length and 12 metres of vertical drop, explored by the GEB on 12 December 1993. It is followed by the Esquerda de l'Infern, with 36 metres of length and a maximum vertical drop of 6.7 metres, related to the Amer fault, and the Forat de la Terra Blanca, with 28 metres of length. Other cavities are the Avenc de les Roques del Corb, with 16 metres of length, and the Cova del Turó de la Crosa, with 8 metres.
As for depth, the Forat de la Terra Blanca is the deepest, at 14 metres, explored by the GEB on 11 December 1993. It is followed by the Avenc de les Roques del Corb, with a depth of 13 metres, with an oval entrance and a shaft of -11 metres, and the Cova de les Guilloteres, at 12 metres. The list is completed by the Esquerda de l'Infern, at 6 metres, and the Cova Nº3 de Santa Brígida, at 3 metres.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova de les GuilloteresAmer, Girona47 m
- 2Esquerda de l'InfernAmer, Girona36 m
- 3Forat de la Terra BlancaAmer, Girona28 m
- 4Avenc de les Roques del CorbAmer, Girona16 m
- 5Cova del Turó de la CrosaAmer, Girona8 m
- 6Cova Nº3 de Santa BrígidaAmer, Girona7 m
- 7Cova de la CarboneraAmer, Girona6 m
- 8Cova Nº2 de Santa BrígidaAmer, Girona5 m
- 9Cova Nº1 de Santa BrígidaAmer, Girona4 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Forat de la Terra BlancaAmer, Girona14 m
- 2Avenc de les Roques del CorbAmer, Girona13 m
- 3Cova de les GuilloteresAmer, Girona12 m
- 4Esquerda de l'InfernAmer, Girona6 m
- 5Cova Nº3 de Santa BrígidaAmer, Girona3 m
- 6Cova de la CarboneraAmer, Girona1 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cova de les Guilloteres | 47 meters | 12 meters | Amer | Selva |
| Esquerda de l'Infern | 36 meters | 6 meters | Amer | Selva |
| Forat de la Terra Blanca | 28 meters | 14 meters | Amer | Selva |
| Avenc de les Roques del Corb | 16 meters | 13 meters | Amer | Selva |
| Cova del Turó de la Crosa | 8 meters | 0 meters | Amer | Selva |
| Cova Nº3 de Santa Brígida | 7 meters | 3 meters | Amer | Selva |
| Cova de la Carbonera | 6 meters | 1 meters | Amer | Selva |
| Cova Nº2 de Santa Brígida | 5 meters | 0 meters | Amer | Selva |
| Cova Nº1 de Santa Brígida | 4 meters | 0 meters | Amer | Selva |
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