Canyon 1, Salang (Grotte du)

(ولسوالی سالنگ - AF)
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Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave in two parts. The first, with a daylight window, ascends to end in a 1.5 m high aven 6 vertical metres above the threshhold. The second gallery ends in boulders clogging a collapse (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1975: 14, cave plan on page 13). SITUATION: Five walking minutes from kilometre stone 101.1 on the road from Kabul to Mazar-i Sharif, and 6 m above the floor of a canyon which enters Salang River from the left. CAVE LIFE: Said to be used by wild animals (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1975: 14).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Spéléologie Afghane 1975.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1975 August: Claude Chabert mapped (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1975: 14). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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