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De. SB1 Peñablanca

Narrow-mouthed pit with a 17-metre vertical shaft in heavily fissured limestone, near Roncal.

Roncal/Erronkari 22m 17m

Narrow-mouthed pit with a 17-metre vertical shaft in heavily fissured limestone, near Roncal.

Caratteristiche

Località

One kilometre after Roncal, going up the Roncal Urzainqui road (NA 137), a track branches off on the left towards Santa Bárbara. The track climbs steeply and, after about 4 kms., passes close to a col from which a dirt track leads off; leave the car there. After climbing the slope to the North, which is very steep, the path levels out and, leaving the tip of Santa Bárbara behind, a small outcrop of completely fissured limestone can be seen. We make our way to this outcrop, where we descend in a westerly direction to make out another fissured limestone formation, in whose wall the entrance lies.

Mappa

Ingressi

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  1. De. SB1 Peñablanca

    Quota: 1615 m

    42.855108, -0.974258
    UTM 30T (ED 50) 665612 4746925
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Descrizione

Morfologia

We find a very narrow entrance, which leads into a vertical shaft of 17 metres. This shaft is a joint widened by the passage of water, as shown by the flutes and the verticality of the wall. At the bottom we can find a sandy plug produced by the breakdown of the roof of the pit, which coincides with the floor of the hill. The exterior of the pit is highly fragmented due to the strong influence of frost shattering in the area.

Progressione

Exploring the pit is dangerous because of falling stones.

Altri dettagli

A couple of chough nests have also been found, which, given their good state of preservation, are thought to be recent.

Storia

1994 Investigation Roncal Otxola

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Fonte: Gobierno de Navarra – Catálogo espeleológico de Navarra (datosabiertos.navarra.es), modificato. CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Gobierno de Navarra · dati aggiornati a 2022