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Grotte di Prat de Comte

Prat de Comte, a municipality in Terra Alta, contains 13 cavities: 6 pits and 7 caves, with a total length of 400 m and a maximum depth of 41 m. Avenc dels Ermets de Passamonte is the longest and deepest cavity.

Prat de Comte conta 13 grotte catalogate, tra cui 6 pozzi e 7 grotte. La più lunga è Avenc dels Ermets de Passamonte (115 m). La maggior parte delle grotte si trova in calcare.

13 grotte
400 m sviluppo totale
41m 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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Prat de Comte, a municipality in Terra Alta, has 13 inventoried cavities: 6 pits and 7 caves. The group totals a length of 400 m and reaches a maximum depth of 41 m. All the cavities develop in limestone.

Avenc dels Ermets de Passamonte is the most notable cavity in the municipality, with 41 m of depth and 115 m of length, and includes a descending gallery and a decorated chamber. Other notable cavities are Avenc de la Tossa, a fissure 17 m deep and 77 m long located some 50 metres below the summit of la Tossa, and Avenc del Pastor, formed by a ramp pit 20 m deep at the head of the torrent d'Engrilló.

Among the caves, Cova Nº1 de la Punta de l'aigua is a broad shelter north of la Falconera or Punta de l'Aigua (445 m), visible from the Santuari de la Fontcalda, and Cova de les Beates is a small cavity 25 m long with a single chamber of 19 x 8 metres.

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