Caves of Tarragona
The municipality of Tarragona, in the Tarragonès, contains 31 cavities: 29 caves and 2 pits, with a total length of 3122 m and a maximum depth of 58 m. Limestones predominate, along with dolomites and clay.
Tarragona has 31 catalogued caves, including 2 potholes and 29 caves. The longest is Cova Urbana de Tarragona (2,441m). 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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The municipality of Tarragona, in the Tarragonès, has 31 recorded cavities: 29 caves and 2 pits. Together they total a length of 3122 m and reach a maximum depth of 58 m. The lithologies present are limestone (28), dolomite (2) and clay (1).
The most notable cavity is the Cova Urbana de Tarragona, with 2441 m of length and 58 m of depth, located in the very heart of the city and discovered by chance in 1996 during the construction of a parking lot on carrer del Gasòmetre, no. 32. Other notable cavities are the Avenc I Cova de la Cala de la Móra, with 55 m of length and 24 m of depth, with a shaft of 19.72 m, and the Foradades de la Jovera, of 54 m.
Among the deepest cavities are the Avenc d'en Campos, of 10 m, the Cova del Gos, of 9 m, and the Cova de la Savinosa, of 8 m, with a large opening of 8 x 6 m. The municipality has no registered subsidiary entities.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova Urbana de TarragonaTarragona2,441 m
- 2Avenc I Cova de la Cala de la MóraTarragona55 m
- 3Foradades de la JoveraTarragona54 m
- 4Cova de la Platja de la MóraTarragona41 m
- 5Cova del NàutilTarragona35 m
- 6Coves del LloritoTarragona35 m
- 7Cova de PosidóTarragona34 m
- 8Cova Gran del RocTarragona31 m
- 9Túnel Submarí de la Punta de la MóraTarragona31 m
- 10Cova de la SavinosaTarragona30 m
- 11Cova del KrakenTarragona28 m
- 12Cova de TamaritTarragona27 m
- 13Cova CandiTarragona26 m
- 14Cova de l'ArgonautaTarragona24 m
- 15Cova del GosTarragona24 m
- 16Cova de NeptúTarragona23 m
- 17Cova de l'AgullaTarragona22 m
- 18Cova del Fortí de la ReinaTarragona20 m
- 19Cova dels MongonsTarragona20 m
- 20Cova KinderTarragona16 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova Urbana de TarragonaTarragona58 m
- 2Avenc I Cova de la Cala de la MóraTarragona24 m
- 3Avenc d'en CamposTarragona10 m
- 4Cova del GosTarragona9 m
- 5Cova de la SavinosaTarragona8 m
- 6Cova de l'ArgonautaTarragona5 m
- 7Cova del TallafocsTarragona5 m
- 8Túnel Submarí de la Punta de la MóraTarragona3 m
- 9Cova del Cantó de la MóraTarragona2 m
- 10Cova Gran del RocTarragona2 m
- 11Surgència Garrot 1Tarragona2 m
- 12Cova de la Platja de la MóraTarragona1 m
- 13Cova de TamaritTarragona1 m
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