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Fageda d'en Jorda (Jorda's Beech) and Volcanos Route
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We recommended to make a small deflection in the way, only 2,9km, to visit the Quarries of
the Croscat following Itinerary 15 at only 40 minutes of distance. We will see
the quarries opened in its North flank, actually recovered.
This volcano is of strombolian type and its cone, of 160m of height, is the biggest of the
Iberian Peninsula, as well as the youngest, its completing eruption took place 11400 years ago.
It is a volcano covered with forests of evergreen oaks and oaks and its crater, oriented towards
the west, has a characteristic form of
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horseshoe.
The piroclástico mantle of the volcano covers a surface
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of 20km2 and its lava tap arrived until the river Fluviā at 6km of distance. On this
lava mantle is where the Fageda d'en Jordā grows.
Around the volcano 3 small cones are distinguished: the Turķ of Can Xel, the Turķ of
Pomareda and the Puig s'Agonia, where the first two emitted lava although of reduced volume.
Until 1991 the volcano was used for the extraction of volcanic material, called lapilli or greda, which produced an enormous cut
(quarries)
also we need to remark that thanks on this cut it has been allowed to appreciate their internal structure giving
the opportunity to its study.
We will continue with the route bordering the volcano by its North flank, between evergreen oaks, oaks and scrubs. We will arrive
to the old garbage dump of the mine, at the moment it is sealed. We will follow the way descending slightly introducing us into
the forest again.
A bit more forward we will find the parking of Can Serra where the route finishes.
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