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Cova de l'Estret del Forn

Cova de l'Estret del Forn

A 34-metre-long cave on the riu de Tosa (Queralbs), at the entrance to the estret del Forn.

Queralbs • Ripollès 34m 5m

A 34-metre-long cave on the riu de Tosa (Queralbs), at the entrance to the estret del Forn.

Caratteristiche

Località

From the village of Queralbs we take a GR footpath heading towards the estret del Forn, passing by the font del Coronel. When we reach the riu de Tosa (also known as torrent de l'Estremera) we must cross it, and we soon make out the cova de l'Estret del Forn on the hydrographic right bank at the entrance to the gorge of the same name. Approximate coordinates.

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Ingressi

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  1. Cova de l' Estret del Forn

    Quota: 1275 m

    42.342467, 2.144130
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 429499 4688155
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Descrizione

Morfologia

Just inside we find a small chamber with a chimney of +22 metres; this small chamber ends at 6 metres of passage, and half hidden in its left wall we find an insignificant gallery of about 3 metres of passage. At the end of the small chamber the ceiling lowers and forms a passage 3 metres high by 0.9 metres wide that leads us to another room about 5 metres in diameter, which is nothing other than the base of a shaft of +34 metres. At the entrance to the room and on its right side, by means of a climb of R+3, we reach a ledge from which a narrow gallery starts that ends at 4 metres. Inside this gallery there is a small shaft of -1.6 metres. Standing again on the ledge and climbing another R+2.3, we will reach another small gallery of 2.5 metres. Standing again in the room, at the end of it there is a small sinkhole that leads to a small chamber of 2.5X3 metres, with the continuation obstructed by blocks.

Storia

The first mention of this cavity is provided by Francesc Español (GES - CMB), who visited it in October 1950 during one of his numerous biospeleological searches; at that time he mentions it as Cova del Roc Blanc. Ten years later, in April 1960, other members of GES - CMB visit it again and already call it Cova de l'Estret del Forn. Despite this, the cavity remains almost unpublished until members of SIE - CEA survey it in 1972 and it is published a few years later in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (1980). On 27 January 2007 the GEB explores it, carrying out a new survey of the cavity.

Note biospeleologiche

Coleoptera

  • Parvospeonomus delarouzeii Farmaire, 1860
  • Perriniella bofilli Zariquiey, 1924

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Bibliografia

  1. Borràs, J.; Miñarro, J.M.; Talavera, F.(1980).-”el ripollès, la garrotxa i l'alt empordà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.4):121. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. Porcel i Caro, Enric.(2008).-”Dues cavitats a l'Estret del Forn”. Cavernes (27):70-73. GE Badalona.
  3. Valles, J. de (2009).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 3: 381 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.

Fonte: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modificato. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/