Caves of Porqueres
Porqueres, in Pla de l'Estany, contains 2 caves: les Estunes and Cova de Can Port. The group has a maximum extent of 210 m and a maximum depth of 10 m.
Porqueres has 2 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 2 caves. The longest is les Estunes (210m) and the deepest is Cova de Can Port (14m). Most caves are found in sandstone.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Porqueres, a municipality in Pla de l'Estany, has 2 inventoried caves, both of the Cova type. The maximum extent reached is 210 m and the maximum depth is 10 m.
The most notable cavity is les Estunes, a group of fissures with 210 metres of extent near the lake of Banyoles (Porqueres), known since time immemorial and surveyed on 17 June 1981. Cova de Can Port, with 75 m of extent, lies west of the lake of Banyoles and presents clastic morphology with concretion-covered sections.
The recorded lithologies are sandstone and travertine.
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The 20 longest
- 1les EstunesPorqueres, Girona210 m
- 2Cova de Can PortPorqueres, Girona75 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova de Can PortPorqueres, Girona14 m
- 2les EstunesPorqueres, Girona10 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| les Estunes | 210 meters | 10 meters | Porqueres | Pla de l'Estany |
| Cova de Can Port | 75 meters | 14 meters | Porqueres | Pla de l'Estany |
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