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)