SAH HATI BOREHOLE CAVITY

(Saipung - IN)
25.376300,92.552900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

No cave entrance has become known of a 17 m high cavity (note 1), which was accidentally intersected while drilling a borehole in the Sah Hati area (N25°22': E92°33' to N25°23': E92°34'). ETYMOLOGY: The Khasi verb -sah- means to remain, to lag or stay behind; to ellbow, to strike, to ram (SINGH, N 1906: 180) and the Khasi (Hindi) loanword -u hati- is an elephant (SINGH, N 1906: 81). SITUATION: With the drill head at 964 m asl, the bore hole went through a succession of altogether 52 m of sandstone and limestone (note 2) till it entered (52 m below 964 m asl = 912 m asl) a 17 m high cavity (between 895 m and 912 m asl) with its floor (895 m asl) approximately 40 m or 45 m vertically above the current flood-plain level (circa 850 m asl) of the Litang River valley (horizontally between 700 and 1200 m approximately ESE from the borehole).No cave entrance has become known of a 17 m high cavity (note 1), which was accidentally intersected while drilling a borehole in the Sah Hati area (N25°22': E92°33' to N25°23': E92°34'). ETYMOLOGY: The Khasi verb -sah- means to remain, to lag or stay behind; to ellbow, to strike, to ram (SINGH, N 1906: 180) and the Khasi (Hindi) loanword -u hati- is an elephant (SINGH, N 1906: 81). SITUATION: With the drill head at 964 m asl, the bore hole went through a succession of altogether 52 m of sandstone and limestone (note 2) till it entered (52 m below 964 m asl = 912 m asl) a 17 m high cavity (between 895 m and 912 m asl) with its floor (895 m asl) approximately 40 m or 45 m vertically above the current flood-plain level (circa 850 m asl) of the Litang River valley (horizontally between 700 and 1200 m approximately ESE from the borehole).

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: Mark W. Brown (2008.02.23 Mss; Cavity Location, Sahhati Area) narrates how three representatives of a certain ACC, a cement company, visited camp to ask if we knew of any caves near their drill site. We took a photo of their location map. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.2AA CAVE SAH HATI (Glanvill 2008)
0.3AA CAVE SAH HATI (Whitaker 2008)
0.3WAH DIAR (Krem)
0.3MAKYSHIMEN (Thlu)
0.7UM KHIAN 1 (Tyngkhap Maw)
0.8UM KHIAN 3 (Tyngkhap Maw)
0.8UM KHIAN 2 (Tyngkhap Maw)
0.9AA CAVE B15: rattle spider
0.9AA CAVE B15: three cows