Grotte di El Montmell
El Montmell (Baix Penedès) contains 30 cavities: 11 pits and 19 caves, with 697 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 38 m. Avenc dels Pinyerets is the longest and deepest cavity.
El Montmell conta 30 grotte catalogate, tra cui 11 pozzi e 19 grotte. La più lunga è Avenc dels Pinyerets (110 m). La maggior parte delle grotte si trova in calcare.
Lo sviluppo conta ogni grotta una volta (un sistema conta una volta), e la profondità è quella della grotta più profonda, canyon esclusi.
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El Montmell, a municipality in Baix Penedès, has 30 inventoried cavities: 11 pits and 19 caves. Together they total 697 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 38 m. The dominant lithologies are limestone, present in 28 cavities, and dolomite, in 2.
Avenc dels Pinyerets is the most notable cavity, with 110 m of passage and 38 m of depth; discovered in 1933, it has a first shaft of 15 m and another of 7 m, and a great profusion of lithogenic forms. It is followed in length by Avenc de Pallerets, of 90 m and 23 m of depth, mentioned since 1897 and explored in 1933, and Avenc dels Pinyerets de Baix, of 45 m and 15 m of depth. Among the caves, Cova de les Cambretes and Cova de Pedrafita each have 42 m of passage.
Other deep cavities are Avenc de la Roca Llisa, of 19 m, known since ancient times and explored in 1899, in 1956 and surveyed in 1973, and Avenc Antistiana, of about 15 m of depth.
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Fonte: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modificato. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/