Sinkhole
Avenc des Camp des Pou
The second, smaller collapse entrance of the Gleda–Camp des Pou system, at about 45.5 m above sea level. Its small lakes led to the underwater connection with the Cova de sa Gleda.
The Avenc des Camp des Pou is a modest shaft entrance that belongs to the same large collapse process as the Gleda. It was surveyed by the Speleo Club Mallorca in 1976. Between 2009 and 2010 divers passed a boulder collapse beyond its small western lakes and found horizontal flooded galleries that joined the Gleda's Gregal sector.
In 2012 a passage dug open by Ramón Martínez gave access to a new dry zone (Zona Terrestre Nova), from whose lake divers laid new line in 2019 and 2020.
The environment
Small lakes at the bottom of a collapse shaft, leading through boulder chokes to flooded galleries.
Other entrances to Sistema Gleda–Camp des Pou
Every fact on this page, with its source (4)
| Fact | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The Avenc des Camp des Pou lies at 45.5 m altitude and was surveyed in 1976 by the Speleo Club Mallorca. | Verified | [1] |
| In 2009-2010 divers passed the boulder collapse beyond the small western lakes and found galleries connecting with the Cova de sa Gleda. | Verified | [1] |
| Work in the system has depended on permits from the Conselleria, suspended between late 2015 and May 2019. | Verified | [1] |
| Only permitted research and exploration dives are described. | Reported | [1] |
Verified: stated by an official or primary source we opened. Reported: from a secondary source only. Sources conflict: the note gives both versions. May be out of date: the newest source we found is old.
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