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Grotte di Sant Jaume dels Domenys

Sant Jaume dels Domenys (Baix Penedès) has 6 catalogued caves, with a total length of 94 m and a maximum depth of 3 m. Cova de la Guia, at 33 m, is the longest. Limestone predominates (5) and there is 1 conglomerate.

Sant Jaume dels Domenys conta 6 grotte catalogate, tra cui 6 grotte. La più lunga è Cova de la Guia (33 m) e la più profonda è Cova de la Barracota (3 m). La maggior parte delle grotte si trova in calcare.

6 grotte
94 m sviluppo totale
3m 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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The municipality of Sant Jaume dels Domenys, in Baix Penedès, has 6 catalogued caves, all of them of the Cova type. Together they total 94 m of length and reach a maximum depth of 3 m. The lithologies represented are limestone, present in 5 cavities, and conglomerates, in 1.

The longest cavity is Cova de la Guia, at 33 m, a small burial cave with archaeological remains excavated in the 1970s and catalogued in 2016. It is followed by Cova de la Barracota and Cova de la Poca Carn, both 17 m; Cova Gran, 15 m; and Cova Rodona, 7 m, known since time immemorial and cited as Cova de la Fita by J. Virella (1978). As for depth, Cova de la Barracota and Cova Penjada del Barranc Fondo reach 3 m; Cova de la Guia, 2 m; Cova Rodona, 1 m; and Cova de la Poca Carn, 0 m.

Several of these cavities were made known or documented in 2016, such as Cova de la Barracota, unpublished until May 2016, and Cova de la Poca Carn, documented in 2016 for the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (2023).

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