Caves of Sant Julià de Vilatorta
Municipality of Osona with 6 cavities: 5 caves and 1 pit. The total passage is 660 metres and the maximum depth is 11 metres. The longest cavities are the Baumes de la Molera d'ausió, the Cova de Sant Miquel and the Cova del Gegant.
Sant Julià de Vilatorta has 6 catalogued caves, including 1 potholes and 5 caves. The longest is Baumes de la Molera d'ausió (270m) and the deepest is Cova del Nou Nou (11m). 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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Sant Julià de Vilatorta, a municipality of Osona, has 6 catalogued cavities: 5 caves and 1 pit. Together they total 660 metres of passage, with a maximum depth of 11 metres. All the known cavities develop in sandstone.
The cavities with the longest passage are the Baumes de la Molera d'ausió, with 270 metres, the Cova de Sant Miquel, with 129 metres, and the Cova del Gegant, with 116 metres. Other notable cavities are the Cova del Nou Nou, of 95 metres, and the Cova del Clos, of 30 metres. As for depth, the Cova del Nou Nou reaches 11 metres, followed by the Avenc d'en Casadevall, with 9 metres.
Among the historical references of the municipality are the remains of a molera documented in 1362 at the Baumes de la Molera d'ausió, the citation of the Cova del Gegant by M. Faura i Sans in 1909 and the location of the Cova del Nou Nou in 1988, surveyed by the GES-CM Terrassa on 28-5-1989.
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The 20 longest
- 1Baumes de la Molera d'ausióSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona270 m
- 2Cova de Sant MiquelSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona129 m
- 3Cova del GegantSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona116 m
- 4Cova del Nou NouSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona95 m
- 5Cova del ClosSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona30 m
- 6Avenc d'en CasadevallSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona20 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova del Nou NouSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona11 m
- 2Avenc d'en CasadevallSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona9 m
- 3Cova del GegantSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona7 m
- 4Cova de Sant MiquelSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona7 m
- 5Cova del ClosSant Julià de Vilatorta, Barcelona2 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baumes de la Molera d'ausió | 270 meters | 0 meters | Sant Julià de Vilatorta | Osona |
| Cova de Sant Miquel | 129 meters | 7 meters | Sant Julià de Vilatorta | Osona |
| Cova del Gegant | 116 meters | 7 meters | Sant Julià de Vilatorta | Osona |
| Cova del Nou Nou | 95 meters | 11 meters | Sant Julià de Vilatorta | Osona |
| Cova del Clos | 30 meters | 2 meters | Sant Julià de Vilatorta | Osona |
| Avenc d'en Casadevall | 20 meters | 9 meters | Sant Julià de Vilatorta | Osona |
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