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Grotte di Esponellà

Esponellà, in the Pla de l'Estany, has 6 cavities: 3 pits and 3 caves, with 441 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 60 m. All are in travertine and at Martís.

Esponellà conta 6 grotte catalogate, tra cui 3 pozzi e 3 grotte. La più lunga è Avenc del Tall (168 m). La maggior parte delle grotte si trova in travertino.

6 grotte
441 m sviluppo totale
60m profondità massima

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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Esponellà, a municipality in the Pla de l'Estany, has 6 catalogued cavities: 3 pits and 3 caves. Together they total 441 metres of passage and reach a maximum depth of 60 metres. All the known cavities develop in travertine and are located at Martís.

The cavities most notable for passage length are the Avenc del Tall, with 168 metres, the Cova de Mariver de Martís, with 110 metres, and the Cova de les Encantades de Martís, with 76 metres. As for depth, the Avenc del Tall reaches 60 metres, followed by the Cova de les Encantades de Martís, with 21 metres, and the Cova de Mariver de Martís, with 10 metres.

The Cova de Mariver de Martís was discovered on 19 September 1952 by J.M. Verdura and two youths; Dr. J.M. Corominas named it Mariver de Martís and began excavations that year. The Cova de Mariver de Martís Nº2, of 36 metres, was also discovered in 1952 and has surveys from 1974 and 1981. The Avenc dels Gossos, with 33 metres of passage, has a depth of 6 metres and a shaft of -6 m.

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