Caves of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà
Sant Jaume de Frontanyà, in the Berguedà, has 2 pits: the Forat de les Planes and Esquerdes de Santa Eugènia. Together they total 54 metres of passage and 11 metres of maximum depth.
Sant Jaume de Frontanyà has 2 catalogued caves, including 2 potholes and 0 caves. The longest is Forat de les Planes (36m). 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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Sant Jaume de Frontanyà, a municipality in the Berguedà, has 2 catalogued cavities, both of them pits. Together they total 54 metres of passage and reach a maximum depth of 11 metres. The recorded lithologies are conglomerates and limestones, with 1 cavity in each.
The Forat de les Planes is the longest cavity, at 36 metres, and also the deepest, at 11 metres. Esquerdes de Santa Eugènia, with 18 metres of passage and 4 metres of depth, was located by Nil Hosta and Tanit Sanmartin at the beginning of 2026 and explored in April of the same year.
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The 20 longest
- 1Forat de les PlanesSant Jaume de Frontanyà, Barcelona36 m
- 2Esquerdes de Santa EugèniaSant Jaume de Frontanyà, Barcelona18 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Forat de les PlanesSant Jaume de Frontanyà, Barcelona11 m
- 2Esquerdes de Santa EugèniaSant Jaume de Frontanyà, Barcelona4 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forat de les Planes | 36 meters | 11 meters | Sant Jaume de Frontanyà | Berguedà |
| Esquerdes de Santa Eugènia | 18 meters | 4 meters | Sant Jaume de Frontanyà | Berguedà |
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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/