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Caves of Font-rubí

Font-rubí (Alt Penedès) brings together 12 caves, all in limestone, with a total length of 128 metres and a maximum depth of 5 metres. Cova de l'Omella, at 21 metres, is the longest and the deepest.

Font-rubí has 12 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 12 caves. The longest is Cova de l'Omella (21m). Most caves are found in limestone.

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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 Font-rubí, in Alt Penedès, has 12 cavities, all catalogued as caves and developed in limestone. Together they total 128 metres of length and reach a maximum depth of 5 metres.

Cova de l'Omella is the longest cavity, at 21 metres, and also the deepest, at 5 metres; it has been known since time immemorial and was visited in 1957 for biospeleological purposes. It is followed in length by Cova de l'Arena and Cova de la Guineu, both 20 metres; Cova de la Guineu is an archaeological site with materials from the Palaeolithic to the Roman period, while Cova de l'Arena is an artificial cavity probably enlarged from some small natural conduit. Other notable cavities are Cova Superior del Joncar, at 13 metres, and Cova del Pastor, at 10 metres, used to keep livestock until the middle of the 20th century.

Among the cavities of shorter length is Cova de Can Manel de l'obaga, at 5 metres, with an entrance 1.9 m high by 5 m wide and an interior chamber.

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The 20 longest

  1. 1Cova de l'OmellaFont-rubí, Barcelona21 m
  2. 2Cova de la GuineuFont-rubí, Barcelona20 m
  3. 3Cova de l'ArenaFont-rubí, Barcelona20 m
  4. 4Cova Superior del JoncarFont-rubí, Barcelona13 m
  5. 5Cova del PastorFont-rubí, Barcelona10 m
  6. 6Cova Inferior del JoncarFont-rubí, Barcelona10 m
  7. 7Mas de la CovaFont-rubí, Barcelona7 m
  8. 8Cova de la Plana de la PinedaFont-rubí, Barcelona6 m
  9. 9Cova Petita de l'OmellaFont-rubí, Barcelona6 m
  10. 10Cova de Can Manel de l'obagaFont-rubí, Barcelona5 m
  11. 11Cova del ToixóFont-rubí, Barcelona5 m
  12. 12Coveta del JoncarFont-rubí, Barcelona5 m
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The 20 deepest

  1. 1Cova de l'OmellaFont-rubí, Barcelona5 m
  2. 2Cova de la GuineuFont-rubí, Barcelona4 m
  3. 3Cova Superior del JoncarFont-rubí, Barcelona4 m
  4. 4Cova de l'ArenaFont-rubí, Barcelona2 m
  5. 5Cova de Can Manel de l'obagaFont-rubí, Barcelona1 m
  6. 6Cova del PastorFont-rubí, Barcelona1 m
  7. 7Cova Inferior del JoncarFont-rubí, Barcelona1 m
  8. 8Mas de la CovaFont-rubí, Barcelona1 m
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Cova de l'Omella21 meters5 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Cova de l'Arena20 meters2 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Cova de la Guineu20 meters4 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Cova Superior del Joncar13 meters4 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Cova Inferior del Joncar10 meters1 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Cova del Pastor10 meters1 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Mas de la Cova7 meters1 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Cova Petita de l'Omella6 meters0 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Cova de la Plana de la Pineda6 meters0 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Coveta del Joncar5 meters0 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Cova del Toixó5 meters0 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès
Cova de Can Manel de l'obaga5 meters1 metersFont-rubíAlt Penedès

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