Caves of Mediona
Mediona (Alt Penedès) contains 27 cavities: 18 caves and 9 pits, with 1015 metres of surveyed passage and a maximum depth of 23 metres. The cavities develop in limestone. The most notable are the Coves de Santa Anna, the Cova del Bolet and the Avenc Nº1 de Can Verdeguer.
Mediona has 27 catalogued caves, including 9 potholes and 18 caves. The longest is Coves de Santa Anna (310m). 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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Mediona, a municipality in Alt Penedès, brings together 27 inventoried cavities: 18 caves and 9 pits. The group totals 1015 metres of surveyed passage and reaches a maximum depth of 23 metres. All the cavities develop in limestone.
Among the most significant cavities are the Coves de Santa Anna, with 310 metres of passage and 23 metres of total elevation change (+11/-12), at the foot of the Serra de les Clivelleres, with access from the BP-2126 road; the Cova del Bolet, with 225 metres of passage and an approximate elevation change of -10 metres, with three entrance mouths; and the Avenc Nº1 de Can Verdeguer, a fissure 22 metres deep with three mouths, shafts and a ramp, explored in 1954 and 1973, where beetles, caddisflies and springtails have been recorded.
Other cavities are the Cova de la Jeta, an interstitial cavity with two mouths at the Fondal de Valldellós, an eremitic-cultural site with prehistoric and early Christian remains; the Forat de la Boira, a small interstitial cavity with 43 surveyed metres and three entrances; the Avenc Nº2 de Can Verdeguer, 13 metres deep; and the Avenc de Clivelleres, 12 metres deep, documented by Virella (1978), Rafecas (1995) and Montse Mañosa and Jordi Navarro (CEC) in 2020.
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The 20 longest
- 1Coves de Santa AnnaMediona, Barcelona310 m
- 2Cova del BoletMediona, Barcelona225 m
- 3Avenc Nº1 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona80 m
- 4Cova de la JetaMediona, Barcelona62 m
- 5Forat de la BoiraMediona, Barcelona43 m
- 6Avenc de ClivelleresMediona, Barcelona30 m
- 7Avenc Nº3 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona28 m
- 8Cova Gran de Santa AnnaMediona, Barcelona27 m
- 9Avenc 1b de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona26 m
- 10Avenc Nº5 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona21 m
- 11Avenc Nº2 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona20 m
- 12Cova del Bon JaumetMediona, Barcelona20 m
- 13Avenc Nº6 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona17 m
- 14Esquerda Paral.lela del Pas dels LladresMediona, Barcelona13 m
- 15Cova de la RasaMediona, Barcelona12 m
- 16Cova de la PiràmideMediona, Barcelona10 m
- 17Balma dels LladresMediona, Barcelona9 m
- 18Cova BarramonMediona, Barcelona9 m
- 19Forat de les Roques RogesMediona, Barcelona8 m
- 20Avenc 1c de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona7 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Coves de Santa AnnaMediona, Barcelona23 m
- 2Avenc Nº1 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona22 m
- 3Cova de la JetaMediona, Barcelona15 m
- 4Avenc Nº2 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona13 m
- 5Avenc de ClivelleresMediona, Barcelona12 m
- 6Avenc Nº3 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona10 m
- 7Cova del BoletMediona, Barcelona10 m
- 8Avenc Nº5 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona7 m
- 9Avenc 1b de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona6 m
- 10Cova de la PiràmideMediona, Barcelona6 m
- 11Avenc Nº6 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona5 m
- 12Avenc 1c de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona4 m
- 13Balma dels LladresMediona, Barcelona4 m
- 14Avenc Nº0 de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona3 m
- 15Cova BarramonMediona, Barcelona3 m
- 16Cova de la RasaMediona, Barcelona3 m
- 17Esquerda Paral.lela del Pas dels LladresMediona, Barcelona3 m
- 18Cova del Torrent de Can VerdeguerMediona, Barcelona2 m
- 19Cova Gran de Santa AnnaMediona, Barcelona2 m
- 20Cova de la MasiaMediona, Barcelona1 m
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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/