Caves of Roquetes
Roquetes, in the Baix Ebre, brings together 45 cavities: 23 pits and 22 caves, with 4373 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 283 m. Notable are the Avenc Cp.6, at 283 m, and the Avenc Cp.1, with 195 m of vertical drop.
Roquetes has 45 catalogued caves, including 23 potholes and 22 caves. The longest is Avenc Cp.1 (675m) and the deepest is Avenc Cp.6 (283m). Most caves are found in dolomite.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Roquetes, a municipality in the Baix Ebre, gathers 45 inventoried cavities: 23 pits and 22 caves. The group totals 4373 m of passage and reaches a maximum depth of 283 m. The dominant lithologies are dolomites, present in 33 cavities, and limestones, in 12.
Among the most notable cavities are the Avenc Cp.6, 283 m deep, on the S slope of Mont Caro (el Port), at the head of the barranc de Cova Pintada, explored by the Espeleo Club Tortosa since 1985. The Avenc Cp.1, with 195 metres of vertical drop, is in the Cova Pintada sector (el Port), with an entrance that leads to subhorizontal passages, chambers and shafts down to the -179.5 level. Also notable are the Avenc Cp.3, 74 m deep and 665 m long, and the Avenc de la Barcina, 142 m deep, in the el Port massif, NE of the summit of mont Caro, at the Punta de la Barcina (1354 m).
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The 20 longest
- 1Avenc Cp.1Roquetes, Tarragona675 m
- 2Avenc Cp.3Roquetes, Tarragona665 m
- 3Avenc Cp.6Roquetes, Tarragona600 m
- 4Avenc de la BarcinaRoquetes, Tarragona306 m
- 5Avenc Cp.4Roquetes, Tarragona250 m
- 6Escletxa del Toll BlauRoquetes, Tarragona226 m
- 7Cova del IaioRoquetes, Tarragona169 m
- 8Avenc Cp.7Roquetes, Tarragona150 m
- 9Cova dels PratsRoquetes, Tarragona118 m
- 10Avenc dels Cinc SentitsRoquetes, Tarragona110 m
- 11Cova de la SolanaRoquetes, Tarragona104 m
- 12Avenc del CaroRoquetes, Tarragona90 m
- 13Cova del RastreRoquetes, Tarragona80 m
- 14Cova Cp.2Roquetes, Tarragona70 m
- 15Cova Nº1 de la GaliassaRoquetes, Tarragona65 m
- 16Cova Nº2 de la GaliassaRoquetes, Tarragona65 m
- 17Ullal de PasqualRoquetes, Tarragona63 m
- 18Avenc dels AmpostinsRoquetes, Tarragona60 m
- 19Cova del VidreRoquetes, Tarragona60 m
- 20Avenc Cp.20Roquetes, Tarragona50 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc Cp.6Roquetes, Tarragona283 m
- 2Avenc Cp.1Roquetes, Tarragona195 m
- 3Avenc de la BarcinaRoquetes, Tarragona142 m
- 4Avenc Cp.4Roquetes, Tarragona117 m
- 5Avenc Cp.7Roquetes, Tarragona114 m
- 6Escletxa del Toll BlauRoquetes, Tarragona75 m
- 7Avenc Cp.3Roquetes, Tarragona74 m
- 8Avenc del CaroRoquetes, Tarragona68 m
- 9Avenc dels Cinc SentitsRoquetes, Tarragona59 m
- 10Avenc dels AmpostinsRoquetes, Tarragona42 m
- 11Avenc Cp.20Roquetes, Tarragona25 m
- 12Avenc Cp.5Roquetes, Tarragona25 m
- 13Avenc dels Masos de CaguitosRoquetes, Tarragona20 m
- 14Cova de la FonaRoquetes, Tarragona19 m
- 15Cova de la SolanaRoquetes, Tarragona17 m
- 16Cova del IaioRoquetes, Tarragona15 m
- 17Avenc de la Pista del CaroRoquetes, Tarragona13 m
- 18Cova dels PratsRoquetes, Tarragona13 m
- 19Avenc de Corral de ReinaRoquetes, Tarragona12 m
- 20Cova de la Punta de la Vall del PastorRoquetes, Tarragona12 m
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