Caves of Castelldefels
Castelldefels, in the Baix Llobregat, contains 10 cavities: 3 pits and 7 caves, with 357 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 43 m. The Avenc de les Granotes is the longest and deepest cavity in the municipality.
Castelldefels has 10 catalogued caves, including 3 potholes and 7 caves. The longest is Avenc de les Granotes (140m). Most caves are found in dolomite.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Castelldefels, a municipality in the Baix Llobregat, has 10 catalogued cavities: 3 pits and 7 caves. Together they total 357 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 43 m. The lithologies present are dolomite, in 5 cavities, and limestone, also in 5.
The Avenc de les Granotes, in the Montemar neighbourhood, is the longest and deepest cavity in the municipality, with 140 m of passage and 43 m of depth, and it features shafts, galleries and flooded levels. It is followed in length by the Cova del Centenari, at 66 m, discovered on 6 October 1996 by the UME de Gavà, and the Cova de Can Aymerich and the Cova Fumada, both at 35 m. As for depth, after the Avenc de les Granotes come the Avenc de Roca Negra, at 7 m, documented and surveyed in 2013, and the Cova de Can Aymerich, at 6 m.
Other cavities in the municipality are the Cova del Centenari, with 5 m of depth, and the Avenc del Collet, at 4 m, discovered and explored by the GES – CMB in June 1955 and rediscovered in April 2019.
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The 20 longest
- 1Avenc de les GranotesCastelldefels, Barcelona140 m
- 2Cova del CentenariCastelldefels, Barcelona66 m
- 3Cova de Can AymerichCastelldefels, Barcelona35 m
- 4Cova FumadaCastelldefels, Barcelona35 m
- 5Avenc de Roca NegraCastelldefels, Barcelona21 m
- 6Cova d'en MustafàCastelldefels, Barcelona20 m
- 7Cova PerdudaCastelldefels, Barcelona15 m
- 8Forat del VèrtexCastelldefels, Barcelona12 m
- 9Coveta del Turò de la Torre BaronaCastelldefels, Barcelona7 m
- 10Avenc del ColletCastelldefels, Barcelona6 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc de les GranotesCastelldefels, Barcelona43 m
- 2Avenc de Roca NegraCastelldefels, Barcelona7 m
- 3Cova de Can AymerichCastelldefels, Barcelona6 m
- 4Cova del CentenariCastelldefels, Barcelona5 m
- 5Avenc del ColletCastelldefels, Barcelona4 m
- 6Cova FumadaCastelldefels, Barcelona4 m
- 7Forat del VèrtexCastelldefels, Barcelona3 m
- 8Cova PerdudaCastelldefels, Barcelona2 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenc de les Granotes | 140 meters | 43 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
| Cova del Centenari | 66 meters | 5 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
| Cova Fumada | 35 meters | 4 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
| Cova de Can Aymerich | 35 meters | 6 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
| Avenc de Roca Negra | 21 meters | 7 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
| Cova d'en Mustafà | 20 meters | 0 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
| Cova Perduda | 15 meters | 2 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
| Forat del Vèrtex | 12 meters | 3 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
| Coveta del Turò de la Torre Barona | 7 meters | 0 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
| Avenc del Collet | 6 meters | 4 meters | Castelldefels | Baix Llobregat |
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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/