Caves of Blanes
Blanes (la Selva) has 3 inventoried caves, all of the Cova type and on granites. They total 26 m of passage and no recorded depth; the longest is the Cova de S'Agulla, at 13 m.
Blanes has 3 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 3 caves. The longest is Cova de S'Agulla (13m). Most caves are found in granite.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
Read more
In the municipality of Blanes, in the comarca of la Selva, there are 3 inventoried caves, all of them of the Cova type. Together they total 26 m of passage and all three develop in granite. The maximum recorded depth is 0 m in each.
The longest cave is the Cova de S'Agulla, at 13 m, a small sea cave located a few metres S of the Punta de s'Agulla, beside a small cove. It is followed by the Cova de Sant Francesc, at 9 m, with an entrance of 2 by 2 metres and a single gallery that becomes impenetrable. The Cova de l'Apnea is a small submarine tunnel almost 4 m long near the port of Blanes, 3.6 metres under the water.
Map
The 20 longest
- 1Cova de S'AgullaBlanes, Girona13 m
- 2Cova de Sant FrancescBlanes, Girona9 m
- 3Cova de l'ApneaBlanes, Girona4 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cova de S'Agulla | 13 meters | 0 meters | Blanes | Selva |
| Cova de Sant Francesc | 9 meters | 0 meters | Blanes | Selva |
| Cova de l'Apnea | 4 meters | 0 meters | Blanes | Selva |
3 of 3
Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/