JOMOSOM CAVE 1
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Description
»A bedding cave about 9 metres long, 2.5 m wide and 0.9 m high, formed at the base of a relatively massive bed of limestone. An excellent vein boxwork structure on its roof indicates its phreatic origins, as do a series of small joint controlled avens; one aven has stalctites [speleothems] around its base though they are now completely dry« (WALTHAM 1971d: 44). All of the three Jomosom Caves occur in the 400 m thick Jurassic (Lias) Jomosom Limestone (note 1). SITUATION: Somewhere near Jomosom (2743 m asl) at a location about 700 m above the orographically right (western) bank of the Kali Gandaki, and in the south side of the ridge directly north of the town.
NOTE 1: The Jomosom Limestone is thin-bedded and banded (on average 30 cm) with up to 1 metre thick beds of calcareous shale. The limestone has a fine grained, partially recrystallised oolitic structure, and contains about 25% of patchily distributed dolomite. Fossil fragments of variable size constitute about 10% of the rock, and a 14% insoluble content consists of small, angular, well-graded quartz and chert grains (WALTHAM 1971d: 43).
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | JOMOSOM CAVE 2 | ||
| 0.0 | JOMOSOM CAVE 3 | ||
| 3.0 | LUPRA CAVE | ||
| 4.1 | Triangle Entrance Cave | ||
| 4.8 | THIMI (Troglodyte settlement of) | ||
| 5.2 | CIRCULAR ENTRANCE CAVE | ||
| 5.5 | PENDA KHOLA, 1st (Cave in the) | ||
| 5.5 | PENDA KHOLA, 2nd (Cave in the) | ||
| 5.7 | DANGAR DZONG |