Caves of Tavèrnoles
Tavèrnoles, in Osona, has 7 cavities: 6 caves and 1 pit, with a total length of 70 metres and a maximum depth of 6 metres. The Balma de la Baronessa, at 23 metres, is the longest.
Tavèrnoles has 7 catalogued caves, including 1 potholes and 6 caves. The longest is Balma de la Baronessa (23m) and the deepest is Avenc dels Gossos (6m). 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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Tavèrnoles, a municipality in Osona, has 7 inventoried cavities: 6 caves and 1 pit. Together they total 70 metres of length and reach a maximum depth of 6 metres. All the recorded cavities develop in sandstone.
The longest cavity is the Balma de la Baronessa, with 23 metres of length, which includes a spring, retaining walls and a 6 m water mine. It is followed by the Avenc dels Gossos, with 11 metres, and the Cova dels Mosquits, with 9 metres. Other cavities are the Bauma de la Riteta and the Cova de Sant Feliu, both 7 metres in length.
As for depth, the Avenc dels Gossos is the deepest, at 6 metres, explored in 1976 by the GE Mollet. The Balma de la Baronessa reaches 5 metres, while the Cova de Sant Feliuet, the Bauma de la Riteta and the Cova de Sant Feliu do not exceed one metre in depth.
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The 20 longest
- 1Balma de la BaronessaTavèrnoles, Barcelona23 m
- 2Avenc dels GossosTavèrnoles, Barcelona11 m
- 3Cova dels MosquitsTavèrnoles, Barcelona9 m
- 4Bauma de la RitetaTavèrnoles, Barcelona7 m
- 5Cova de Sant FeliuTavèrnoles, Barcelona7 m
- 6Cova Foradada de Sant FeliuetTavèrnoles, Barcelona7 m
- 7Cova de Sant FeliuetTavèrnoles, Barcelona6 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc dels GossosTavèrnoles, Barcelona6 m
- 2Balma de la BaronessaTavèrnoles, Barcelona5 m
- 3Cova de Sant FeliuetTavèrnoles, Barcelona1 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balma de la Baronessa | 23 meters | 5 meters | Tavèrnoles | Osona |
| Avenc dels Gossos | 11 meters | 6 meters | Tavèrnoles | Osona |
| Cova dels Mosquits | 9 meters | 0 meters | Tavèrnoles | Osona |
| Cova Foradada de Sant Feliuet | 7 meters | 0 meters | Tavèrnoles | Osona |
| Cova de Sant Feliu | 7 meters | 0 meters | Tavèrnoles | Osona |
| Bauma de la Riteta | 7 meters | 0 meters | Tavèrnoles | Osona |
| Cova de Sant Feliuet | 6 meters | 1 meters | Tavèrnoles | Osona |
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