TAMAK or SBAYA 1 (Cave near)

(Joshimath Tehsil - IN)
30.583300,79.833300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 08/06/2016

»Two caves, a small and a large one« passed William MOORCROFT (1815: 11), Captain Hearsay and Harka Dev PanditSITUATION: On way from Badrinath (30°44'N: 79°29'E) west and along the »Dauli River valley« (note 2) upstream towards the Niti Pass (30°58'N: 79°53'E). From Tapoban (note 1) upstream at a walking distance of 17'896 paces of 4 feet (1.22 m) each (about 22 km) and about 15 km short of Malari (N30°41': E079°54') . The two caves are suspected to lie in the vicinity of the camping grounds Tamak (30°35'N: 79°50'E) and Sbyama (30°36'N: 79°51'E) shown on AMS sheet NH44-06 Nanda Devi (U502 series,1958 edition).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 08/06/2016

NOTE 1: Tapoban N30°29'30”: E079°37'30”: 1800 m asl on AMS sheet NH44-06 Nanda Devi (U502 series, 1958 edition). Not to be confused with the Tapoban camping ground N30°55'49”: E079°08' shown on AMS sheet NH44-05 Dehra Dun (U502 series, 1959 edition) at the spot where the glacier Mecu Bamak joins Gangotri Bamak from south-west. NOTE 2: »Dauli River« (Moorcroft) is indicated as »Dhaliganga« on AMS sheet NH44-06 Nanda Devi {1958 edition) and positioned as Dhauliganga River N29°58': E080°37' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) on AMS sheet NH44-10. The river arrives from Niti Pass (N30°58': E079°53') and is approachable from Joshimath (N30°34': E079°34') by vehicle up to Malari town and beyond.

Documents

Bibliography 08/06/2016
  • Moorcroft, William 1815, 1816 edited 1937, 1987.

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
2.5TAMAK or SBAYA 2 (Cave near)
12.2MONAL (Cave on Mount)
12.8MALARI (Nautiyal 1985) (Cave at)
12.8MALARI (Bhatt 2001) (Cave at)
18.8NITI CAVE (Moorcroft 1815)
20.4NITI CAVE (SHARMA 1994)
25.4TIPRA GLACIER CAVE
25.6SHANKARACHARYA, Joshimath (Cave of)
25.6TROTACACHARYA GUPHA