SHUTAR GARDAN karst area

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Huge masses of naked limestone rock cropping out in every direction (MARKHAM 1879a: 48 after Peter Lumsden 1857- 1858) are situated on pass Shutar- Gardan (note 1): From Hazaradarakht [thousand trees] the Shutar-Gardan Pass (Camel's neck) is reached, which crosses the Safid- Koh. The Shutar- Gardan is 11,200 feet [3414 m note 2] above the sea. The descent into the Logar Valley [note 3] is long and steep, with sharp zig-zags. The pass is overhung with huge masses of naked limestone rock cropping out in every direction, and the mountains have a rugged aspect. The country between the Paiwar [note 4] and Shutar-Gardan passes, comprising the Upper Kurram Valley, is called Huryab by Elphinstone [note 5], and is the Iryâb of Tamur's historians [note 2].Huge masses of naked limestone rock cropping out in every direction (MARKHAM 1879a: 48 after Peter Lumsden 1857- 1858) are situated on pass Shutar- Gardan (note 1): From Hazaradarakht [thousand trees] the Shutar-Gardan Pass (Camel's neck) is reached, which crosses the Safid- Koh. The Shutar- Gardan is 11,200 feet [3414 m note 2] above the sea. The descent into the Logar Valley [note 3] is long and steep, with sharp zig-zags. The pass is overhung with huge masses of naked limestone rock cropping out in every direction, and the mountains have a rugged aspect. The country between the Paiwar [note 4] and Shutar-Gardan passes, comprising the Upper Kurram Valley, is called Huryab by Elphinstone [note 5], and is the Iryâb of Tamur's historians [note 2].