Caves of El Pont de Suert
The municipality of Pont de Suert, in Alta Ribagorça, has 15 cavities: 7 caves and 8 pits, with a total length of 327 metres and a maximum depth of 40 metres.
El Pont de Suert has 15 catalogued caves, including 8 potholes and 7 caves. The longest is Graller del Portús (55m). 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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The municipality of Pont de Suert, in the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, brings together 15 catalogued cavities: 7 caves and 8 pits. The group totals a length of 327 metres and reaches a maximum depth of 40 metres. Cavities developed in limestone predominate, 14 in total, while 1 is found in gypsum.
Among the most notable cavities are the Graller del Portús, a pit 40 metres deep in the serra de Sant Gervàs, with an entrance of 8x5 metres in a doline, explored since 1966, and the Graller de Sant Roc, with a drop of 35 metres, an entrance of 8x3 metres and a shaft of 28 metres. Other relevant cavities are the Cova de Fesolerets, 39 metres long in Viu de Llevata, known for ever and published in 1981 by Josep de la Vega; the Forat d'Irgo, a small pit 24 metres deep in Irgo with two entrances connected by a small passage between a chaos of blocks; and the Forat de Ventolà, 14 metres deep in Ventolà, with an entrance that gives access to a shaft of 6 metres.
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The 20 longest
- 1Graller del PortúsEl Pont de Suert, Lleida55 m
- 2Graller de Sant RocEl Pont de Suert, Lleida50 m
- 3Cova de FesoleretsEl Pont de Suert, Lleida39 m
- 4Forat d'IrgoEl Pont de Suert, Lleida38 m
- 5Forat de VentolàEl Pont de Suert, Lleida30 m
- 6Cova de l'AvedogaEl Pont de Suert, Lleida20 m
- 7Graller de les PlanellesEl Pont de Suert, Lleida17 m
- 8Cova d'en BadiaEl Pont de Suert, Lleida15 m
- 9Cova de la FigueraEl Pont de Suert, Lleida13 m
- 10Graller Lo ComúEl Pont de Suert, Lleida12 m
- 11Cova del Serrat del PasqualEl Pont de Suert, Lleida10 m
- 12Forat de SarroquetaEl Pont de Suert, Lleida10 m
- 13Graller del Serrat del PasqualEl Pont de Suert, Lleida8 m
- 14Cova de la Roca de la CoronaEl Pont de Suert, Lleida6 m
- 15Coves d'AdonsEl Pont de Suert, Lleida4 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Graller del PortúsEl Pont de Suert, Lleida40 m
- 2Graller de Sant RocEl Pont de Suert, Lleida35 m
- 3Forat d'IrgoEl Pont de Suert, Lleida24 m
- 4Forat de VentolàEl Pont de Suert, Lleida14 m
- 5Graller de les PlanellesEl Pont de Suert, Lleida14 m
- 6Forat de SarroquetaEl Pont de Suert, Lleida10 m
- 7Graller Lo ComúEl Pont de Suert, Lleida10 m
- 8Cova de l'AvedogaEl Pont de Suert, Lleida7 m
- 9Graller del Serrat del PasqualEl Pont de Suert, Lleida5 m
- 10Cova de la Roca de la CoronaEl Pont de Suert, Lleida2 m
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