Caves and potholes in Granite terrain
The Granite group comprises 129 cavities (126 caves and 3 pits) with a total length of 3,068 m and a maximum depth of 27 m. An intrusive igneous rock, hard and crystalline, that does not dissolve: its cavities form through erosion and the displacement of blocks.
There are 129 catalogued cavities in Granite, including 3 potholes and 126 caves. The longest is Cova Des Bergantí (224m) and the deepest is Sa Roncadora (27m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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The Granite group comprises 129 cavities, of which 126 are caves and 3 are pits. Together they total 3,068 m of length and reach a maximum depth of 27 m. The lithology corresponds to an intrusive igneous rock, hard and crystalline, that does not dissolve; its cavities are granite caves formed by erosion and the displacement of blocks (block caves and tafoni).
Among the longest cavities are the Cova Des Bergantí, at 224 m, in Tossa de Mar (Selva), known since time immemorial and fully explored in the summer of 1979; the Cova d'en Gispert, at 174 m, known since time immemorial and explored speleologically in 1952; the Cova de Punta Pola, at 134 m, also in Tossa de Mar (Selva); the Cova de Sa Pedra Negra, at 86 m, in Tossa de Mar (Selva); and the Cova d'Aigua Xelida, at 73 m, in Palafrugell.
As for depth, the deepest cavity is Sa Roncadora, at 27 m, in Palafrugell, followed by the Clòt Inferior Dera Cometa de Montoliu, a small pit of 16 m in the Vall d'Aran discovered on 31 October 1977 and surveyed on 30 August 1978, and the Cova de la Punta de N'estella, at 15 m, in Palafrugell.
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The figures of these places do not add up to the total: a cave can be in more than one place, or in none when its location has no lower level.
The 20 longest
- 1Cova Des BergantíTossa de Mar, Girona224 m
- 2Cova d'en GispertBegur, Girona174 m
- 3Cova de Punta PolaTossa de Mar, Girona134 m
- 4Cova de Sa Pedra NegraTossa de Mar, Girona86 m
- 5Cova d'Aigua XelidaPalafrugell, Girona73 m
- 6Cova de Sa GavinaPalafrugell, Girona67 m
- 7Sa RoncadoraPalafrugell, Girona63 m
- 8Cova de la Cala d'en RoigPalafrugell, Girona61 m
- 9Rec FondoPalafrugell, Girona60 m
- 10Cova d'es TramadiuBegur, Girona54 m
- 11Cova BaixaTossa de Mar, Girona53 m
- 12Cova de la Punta de N'estellaPalafrugell, Girona51 m
- 13Cova MartinesTossa de Mar, Girona47 m
- 14Cova del FortíSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona45 m
- 15Cova de les FalziesLloret de Mar, Girona42 m
- 16Cova Ii de FotederaTossa de Mar, Girona42 m
- 17Cova Nº1 de Mas PeiSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona42 m
- 18Cova de les Rates PenadesSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona41 m
- 19Cova de Cala CastellPalamós, Girona40 m
- 20Coves de la Punta del MolarSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona40 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Sa RoncadoraPalafrugell, Girona27 m
- 2Clòt Inferior Dera Cometa de MontoliuNaut Aran, Lleida16 m
- 3Cova de la Punta de N'estellaPalafrugell, Girona15 m
- 4Cova Alta d'en VitaiaSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona13 m
- 5Cova del TabacPalafrugell, Girona13 m
- 6Cova de Cala VentosaPalafrugell, Girona11 m
- 7Cova del FrarePalafrugell, Girona10 m
- 8Cova Petita de Punta PolaTossa de Mar, Girona9 m
- 9Cova de Cala PedrosaPalafrugell, Girona8 m
- 10Cova del MussolSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona8 m
- 11Cova Nº2 d'en BoadaTossa de Mar, Girona7 m
- 12Cau de les FormiguesCabrera de Mar, Barcelona6 m
- 13Cova de la Cala d'en RoigPalafrugell, Girona6 m
- 14Cova de Sa Pedra NegraTossa de Mar, Girona6 m
- 15Clòt Superior Dera Cometa de MontoliuNaut Aran, Lleida5 m
- 16Cova d'Aigua XelidaPalafrugell, Girona5 m
- 17Cova de la MuscleraPalafrugell, Girona5 m
- 18Cova de la Punta Des BancPalafrugell, Girona5 m
- 19Cova Iii de FotederaTossa de Mar, Girona5 m
- 20Cova Negra de Cala PedrosaPalafrugell, Girona5 m
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