Tham Dao Duang [KA0069]

ไทรโยค (TH)
14.466350,98.831019
Length 239m Depth 20m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

From Kanchanaburi Town Centre, take National Highway 323 for 110 kilometres. Once pass the entrance of Sai Yok National Park, take the left turn and drive on for 3 kilometres to Daowadueng Temple. The cave is approximately a 900 m walk from the temple. Martin Ellis - 15/08/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 15/08/2019

The small 2 m wide entrance leads into several well decorated moderate sized passages and chambers. The deepest points in the cave to the left of the entrance contain high levels of CO2. A tourist cave named after the seventh level of heaven in the Hindi religion, the abode of angels and a powerful god

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 15/08/2019

NZSS (1990) - BCRA Grade 5c KUSCH, HEINRICH (2006)

Fauna

Martin Ellis - 15/08/2019

Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) (unpublished record) Trachyjulus calvus (Pocock, 1893) (Arthropoda, Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae) (MauriÚs 1983) Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides Harada, 1931 (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Maxilliopoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) (Boonyanusith et al. 2013b) Thermocyclops crassus (Fischer, 1853) (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Maxilliopoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) (Boonyanusith et al. 2013b)

Documents

[Topo] Tham Dao Duang 28/04/2019
Bibliography 15/08/2019

History

1972 The cave was discovered by Mr Samlee Khuha. 1978-04-13 H. Kusch & I. Staber - surveyed cave 1981-12-21 N. M°ller Anderson - collected millipedes. 1990-01-12 NZSS - surveyed cave 2010-02-18 E. Porter, M. Clayton Martin Ellis - 15/08/2019

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Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
3.9Yai (Tham) [KA0072]
3.9Sai Yok Rock Shelter [KA0073]
4.2Tham Kaew [KA0075]20012
4.3Tham Khang Khao [KA0511]
4.5Tham Sai Yok Noi
6.5Tham Phra Sai Yok [KA0076]300
6.8Cave KA0600
6.8Cave KA0603
6.8Tham Wang Phra [KA0514]600