Cova del Iaio

An interesting and beautiful cave on the cliff of the Mola de Catí (el Port), a fossil spring above active cavities, with 169 m of passage and 15 m of vertical extent (-1.20; +13.80), explored by the Espeleo Club Tortosa.

Roquetes • Baix Ebre 169m 15m

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Cova del Iaio

Roquetes · Baix Ebre

Sviluppo: 169 m · Profondità: 15 m

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Caratteristiche

Tipo: Grotta
Comune: Roquetes
Regione: Baix Ebre
Unità: Port, el
Sviluppo: 169 metri
Profondità: 15 metri
Unità principale: Serralada Prelitoral
Litologia: Dolomia
Aggiornato su EspeleoÍndex: 7 ottobre 2020

Località

The cavity is located beneath the cliff of the Mola de Catí, in el Port. To reach it you must take the track that climbs to the Mola from the Mascar area (4×4 recommended). Once up top, the track makes an S and then continues straight until reaching a clearing in the vegetation, which is where the vehicle is left, shortly before reaching the turnoff for Cova Cambra.

We continue on foot heading S along a faint track until finding some cairns that mark the descent down the cliff. After passing a small rock bridge we continue to the left, in the direction of Caro, overcoming a 6 m rise with the help of the vegetation. Following the path in the direction of the cliff, within a few metres we find the entrance of the cavity.

Ingressi

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Cova del Iaio
Quota: 1238 m
40.808705, 0.317424
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 273728 4520985
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Descrizione

Morfologia

The cavity, hanging on the cliff of La Mola, is a fossil spring located above other known active cavities. Through a rounded mouth 2 m in diameter one reaches, within a few metres, a crawlway that had to be dug open. It is about 8 m long and leaves us in a chamber from which three possible continuations emerge. Two of them, fossil and taking a N and S direction, form a loop, where chambers of larger volumes are found that end up short-circuiting through a pressure tube to an upper level.

The most evident continuation is through the Galeria Mascarell, with a low ceiling, in a SW direction, which leads us to a chamber with a collapse. Through the Pas de la Baldana, a muddy, winding crawlway of reduced dimensions and about 5 m in length, we reach a large, highly decorated chamber, the Sala Fresca.

Following the same direction and overcoming various narrows we find a small meander that connects with the Sala de les Estalagmites. After this chamber, we continue through a small window hanging 2 m up among blocks and reach the Sala de la Colada. A small round hole (forat rodó) leads us to the last two chambers, the place where the exploration work of the Sala del Dia Sense Llum is being carried out.

Currently the passage is 169 m and the vertical extent 15 m (-1.20; +13.80).

Concrezioni

The Sala de les Estalagmites is a chamber full of pencil-shaped stalagmites, very beautiful and at the same time very fragile. Special care must be taken and one must progress through a crawlway along the lower part, so as not to damage the formation, one of the reasons why the entire cavity is roped off. In the Sala de la Colada, as its name indicates, a large flowstone decorates one of its walls and part of the floor.

Progressione

Through a rounded mouth 2 m in diameter one reaches, within a few metres, a crawlway that had to be dug open. It is about 8 m long and leaves us in a chamber from which three possible continuations emerge. Two of them, fossil and taking a N and S direction, form a loop, where chambers of larger volumes are found that end up short-circuiting through a pressure tube to an upper level.

Following the same direction and overcoming various narrows we find a small meander that connects with the Sala de les Estalagmites. One must progress through a crawlway along the lower part. After this chamber, we continue through a small window hanging 2 m up among blocks and reach the Sala de la Colada. A small round hole (forat rodó) leads us to the last two chambers, the place where the exploration work of the Sala del Dia Sense Llum is being carried out.

Altri dettagli

The digging and exploration work continues to be carried out by the Espeleo Club Tortosa.

Storia

On 9 March 2019 members of the Espeleo Club Tortosa, while doing activity at the Avenc de la Barcina and thanks to some binoculars, located a hole on the cliff of the Mola de Catí. Found on foot thanks to the binoculars and to communication by mobile phones, it was verified that the cavity had a continuation. On various trips members of the ECT and the UEC Tortosa explored the cavity; after forcing various narrows, they found chambers of considerable volumes and a passage quite worthy of note. In April of the same 2019, Vicente Barraquet carried out the survey of the entire known cavity.