Caves and shafts in el Salí de Cardona
Salí de Cardona, in Bages, is one of the most singular geological formations in Catalonia: a salt diapir that outcrops at the surface forming a true mountain of salt, mined for centuries. This exceptional lithology – gypsum and salt rather than limestone – generates fast-dissolving cavities there, quite different from the rest of the catalog.
There are 4 cavitats catalogued in el Salí de Cardona, mostly in Cardona and Cervià de les Garrigues. Cova dels Meandres de Sal, amb 4300 m de recorregut.
The surveyed length of the caves with this data ranges from 8 to 4300 metres. The depth ranges from 5 to 187 metres. 2 different rock types are recorded here. Each entry includes exact location, coordinates and, where available, photographs and survey maps, with a downloadable GPX track. The whole list on this page can also be exported as CSV or JSON.
