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Caves of Sant Jaume dels Domenys

Sant Jaume dels Domenys (Baix Penedès) has 6 catalogued caves, with a total length of 94 m and a maximum depth of 3 m. Cova de la Guia, at 33 m, is the longest. Limestone predominates (5) and there is 1 conglomerate.

Sant Jaume dels Domenys has 6 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 6 caves. The longest is Cova de la Guia (33m) and the deepest is Cova de la Barracota (3m). Most caves are found in limestone.

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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 Sant Jaume dels Domenys, in Baix Penedès, has 6 catalogued caves, all of them of the Cova type. Together they total 94 m of length and reach a maximum depth of 3 m. The lithologies represented are limestone, present in 5 cavities, and conglomerates, in 1.

The longest cavity is Cova de la Guia, at 33 m, a small burial cave with archaeological remains excavated in the 1970s and catalogued in 2016. It is followed by Cova de la Barracota and Cova de la Poca Carn, both 17 m; Cova Gran, 15 m; and Cova Rodona, 7 m, known since time immemorial and cited as Cova de la Fita by J. Virella (1978). As for depth, Cova de la Barracota and Cova Penjada del Barranc Fondo reach 3 m; Cova de la Guia, 2 m; Cova Rodona, 1 m; and Cova de la Poca Carn, 0 m.

Several of these cavities were made known or documented in 2016, such as Cova de la Barracota, unpublished until May 2016, and Cova de la Poca Carn, documented in 2016 for the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (2023).

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The 20 longest

  1. 1Cova de la GuiaSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona33 m
  2. 2Cova de la BarracotaSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona17 m
  3. 3Cova de la Poca CarnSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona17 m
  4. 4Cova GranSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona15 m
  5. 5Cova RodonaSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona7 m
  6. 6Cova Penjada del Barranc FondoSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona5 m
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The 20 deepest

  1. 1Cova de la BarracotaSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona3 m
  2. 2Cova Penjada del Barranc FondoSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona3 m
  3. 3Cova de la GuiaSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona2 m
  4. 4Cova RodonaSant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona1 m
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Cova de la Guia33 meters2 metersSant Jaume dels DomenysBaix Penedès
Cova de la Poca Carn17 meters0 metersSant Jaume dels DomenysBaix Penedès
Cova de la Barracota17 meters3 metersSant Jaume dels DomenysBaix Penedès
Cova Gran15 meters0 metersSant Jaume dels DomenysBaix Penedès
Cova Rodona7 meters1 metersSant Jaume dels DomenysBaix Penedès
Cova Penjada del Barranc Fondo5 meters3 metersSant Jaume dels DomenysBaix Penedès

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