Wang Long 2 (Tham) [KR0214]

Length 830m Depth 43m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

The Wang Long gorge is on the south-west coast of Ko Phi Phi Don. This stunning canyon of 100 meters high limestone cliffs winds its way to inland to a small sandy beach. From the beach, a gorge heads south and then east for about 150 meters. The entrance is 35 meters up the vertical cliff. Martin Ellis - 05/11/2019

Description

General description

Martin Ellis - 05/11/2019

Bird's-nests are harvested from the cave and the collectors climb to the top of the cliff and then pull bamboo ladders up to the entrance - the climb from below is very difficult and any ladders or ropes left by the birds'-nesters must be treated with caution. From the entrance, which has some old drawings of ships, the large passage trends eastwards with a 9 meters pitch after 100 meters and then passing an oxbow passage on the left after 150 meters and a 75 meters long side passage, also on the left, after 225 meters. The Ship Gallery, with a large number of ship drawings is 400 meters from the entrance. Just past the Ship Gallery a large river passage is met. There are more ship drawings in a passage heading north from a point 150 meters to the south-east along this river passage.

Survey

Martin Ellis - 05/11/2019

Blake, Warren (1996)

Documents

Bibliography 05/11/2019
  • +Blake, Warren (1996) "Drawings of ships in caves in Thailand" Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Vol. 20 No. 1 pp41-64 +KAMONTAVIKUN, SONGYOT (1996) "Where few dare to tread" Bangkok Post 22 May +Sukkham, Atthasit; TaĆ¾on, Paul S.C.; Tan, Noel Hidalgo; Muhamad, Asyaari bin (2017) "Ships and maritime activities in the North-eastern Indian Ocean: re-analysis of rock art of Tham Phrayanaga (Viking Cave), southern Thailand" International Journal of Nautical Archaeology Vol. 46 No. 1 pp108-131

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.2Tham Wang Long 1 - KR0084200
0.2Tham Wang Long 3 [KR0345]507
0.8Tham Ko Phi Phi [Grotte des Hirondelles] [KR0202]35033
3.6Tham Phaya Nak - KR004817092
5.4Tham Maya [KR0350]142
16.3Ko Ma Submarine Cave [KR0212]5019
24.9Ko Ya Wa Bon Submarine Cave [KR0215]500
31.9Tham Nam Bo - KR0207
32.0Ko Nok Sea Cave 5 - KR0117