Tham Khi Mao - KA0454

Length 46m Depth 5m

Location

A 30 min drive from the Sanctuary HQ at Thi Nuai followed by a 2 hr walk through the forest. The cave is located at the base of a limestone outcrop. Martin Ellis - 22/09/2019

Description

Topographie
Martin Ellis - 22/09/2019

OAKLEY, PHIL; SMART, DEAN (2002) - Grade UISv2 3-3-F

Fauna
Martin Ellis - 22/09/2019

Aselliseus stoliczkanus Dobson, 1871 (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) (Oakley and Smart 2002)

Martin Ellis - 22/09/2019

The 10m wide entrance descends a gentle slope into a large chamber about 15m wide by 25m long and 10m high. At the back of the chamber is a small opening into another smaller chamber. The hands and knees crawl into this chamber is 1m long. This second chamber has a 3m drop to the left into a smaller room, which ends at a blank wall. A rift on the far side became too narrow after about 3-4m.

Documents

Bibliography 22/09/2019

OAKLEY, PHIL (2003) "Swimming with King Cobras" Descent No. 172 pp32-33 OAKLEY, PHIL; SMART, DEAN (2002) "Reconnaissance Cave Expedition in the Thungyai Naresuan West Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand April 2002" Royal Forest Department, Bangkok. Unpublished report 12pp

History

The cave was explored and surveyed by Dean Smart, Terry Bolger, Phil Oakley and Paul Johnson on 1 April 2002. Martin Ellis - 22/09/2019

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Distance (km)	Name	Length (m)	Depth (m)
9.5	Resurgence KA462 - KA0462
10.0	Cave KA0217 - KA0217	70	0
12.4	Huai Phlu Resurgence - KA0461
13.8	Tham Huai Pom Phi - KA0456	73	3
14.9	Ban Ton Maprow Stream Rising - KA0379
15.4	Tham Hua Ngu [KA0505]	88	5
15.8	Ban Ton Maprow Stream Sink - KA0380
16.0	Tham Sa Nam - KA0366	70	60
16.1	Tham Ban Ton Maprow - KA0364	204	0