BEERWA, Badgam (Cave at)

Badgam tehsil (Budgam district - IN)
34.016700,74.716700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

LAL GEERU (1999: The marvels of Kashmir) is said (note 1) to have a chapter on the celebrated cave at village Beerwa [note 2], district Badgam (note 3). Perrin (2009.08.20 Mss) noticed nearby Beerwah town (sic!) a hill (without identified name) which is not only made of limestone and highly karstified but also characterised by a quarry exploited with not much safety … Compare –>AA (Perrin 2009) PA 33, which is a cave with four entrances, total length about 50 m, in steeply dipping limestone near N34.01031 E74.59711 or N34°00'37.1”: E075°35'49.6” (unspecified geodetic datum).LAL GEERU (1999: The marvels of Kashmir) is said (note 1) to have a chapter on the celebrated cave at village Beerwa [note 2], district Badgam (note 3). Perrin (2009.08.20 Mss) noticed nearby Beerwah town (sic!) a hill (without identified name) which is not only made of limestone and highly karstified but also characterised by a quarry exploited with not much safety … Compare –>AA (Perrin 2009) PA 33, which is a cave with four entrances, total length about 50 m, in steeply dipping limestone near N34.01031 E74.59711 or N34°00'37.1”: E075°35'49.6” (unspecified geodetic datum).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Lal Geeru, Jia 1999.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
11.0AA (PERRIN 2009) PA 33
11.1Aa (Perrin 2009) [PA 35]
11.5AA (PERRIN 2009) PA 34
22.4BURZAHOM PITS
22.9KHIR BHAWANI SPRING
23.1PHUK NAG
23.8BRARI MEAJ TEMPLE (Cave at)
25.9FAKIR'S GARDEN CAVE, Manasbal
25.9MANASBAL (Waltham 1971) (Cave at)