Caves of La Llacuna
La Llacuna, in Anoia, contains 21 cavities: 5 pits and 16 caves, with 991 m of total passage and 47 m of maximum depth. Cova de les Rondes stands out, at 552 m.
La Llacuna has 21 catalogued caves, including 5 potholes and 16 caves. The longest is Cova de les Rondes (552m) and the deepest is Avenc d'en Viumala (47m). 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 La Llacuna, in the comarca of Anoia, brings together 21 catalogued cavities: 5 pits and 16 caves. The known total passage is 991 m and the maximum depth reaches 47 m. The lithologies present are limestone, in 17 cases, and dolomite, in 4.
The longest cavity is Cova de les Rondes, with 552 m of passage, an eastern entrance near the Roca del Frare and a possible traverse from east to west. Other notable cavities are Avenc d'en Viumala, of 115 m and 47 m of depth, with a nearly horizontal entrance, shafts and legends; Cova de Cal Sant, of about 60 m, formed by a landslide of strata, which served as a hiding place during the war of 1936 and has been the subject of speleological and biospeleological work; Avenc d'Ancosa, of 50 m and 26 m of depth, begun in 1907 by the Club Muntanyenc; and Avenc de Cal Sant, of 31 m, with a narrow gallery and a small shaft of about 3 metres.
Among the deepest cavities there are also Cova de les Rondes, with 37 m; Avenc de les Garses, of 17 m, near the easternmost entrance of cova de Les Rondes; and Esquerda de la Roca del Frare, of 12 m, located inside the trench of cova de Les Rondes, below the Roca del Frare.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova de les RondesLa Llacuna, Barcelona552 m
- 2Avenc d'en ViumalaLa Llacuna, Barcelona115 m
- 3Cova de Cal SantLa Llacuna, Barcelona60 m
- 4Avenc d'AncosaLa Llacuna, Barcelona50 m
- 5Avenc de Cal SantLa Llacuna, Barcelona31 m
- 6Esquerda de la Roca del FrareLa Llacuna, Barcelona28 m
- 7Avenc de les GarsesLa Llacuna, Barcelona23 m
- 8Cova de la LlosaLa Llacuna, Barcelona20 m
- 9Cova de ValldecervesLa Llacuna, Barcelona19 m
- 10Cova de PerdigonesLa Llacuna, Barcelona13 m
- 11Cova Gran de PerdigonesLa Llacuna, Barcelona12 m
- 12Cova de la RosellaLa Llacuna, Barcelona10 m
- 13Coves del CingleLa Llacuna, Barcelona10 m
- 14Cova a de ValldecervesLa Llacuna, Barcelona7 m
- 15Cova de les ClotesLa Llacuna, Barcelona7 m
- 16Cova Perdigones IvLa Llacuna, Barcelona7 m
- 17Coves de l'Hort XicLa Llacuna, Barcelona7 m
- 18Cova RosellaLa Llacuna, Barcelona6 m
- 19Balmes del Castell de VilademàgerLa Llacuna, Barcelona5 m
- 20Cova d'en NovellLa Llacuna, Barcelona5 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc d'en ViumalaLa Llacuna, Barcelona47 m
- 2Cova de les RondesLa Llacuna, Barcelona37 m
- 3Avenc d'AncosaLa Llacuna, Barcelona26 m
- 4Avenc de les GarsesLa Llacuna, Barcelona17 m
- 5Esquerda de la Roca del FrareLa Llacuna, Barcelona12 m
- 6Cova de Cal SantLa Llacuna, Barcelona10 m
- 7Avenc de Cal SantLa Llacuna, Barcelona6 m
- 8Cova de la LlosaLa Llacuna, Barcelona5 m
- 9Cova de la RosellaLa Llacuna, Barcelona3 m
- 10Cova de ValldecervesLa Llacuna, Barcelona3 m
- 11Cova a de ValldecervesLa Llacuna, Barcelona2 m
- 12Cova Gran de PerdigonesLa Llacuna, Barcelona1 m
- 13Coves del CingleLa Llacuna, Barcelona1 m
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