Tham Nam Ook Ru [NA0054]
19.257687,101.095963
Location
Park in the centre of the village of Ban Nam Pua Phatthana, where the road crosses a bridge. Take the track that follows this stream for 30m to the Nam Pua river and the entrances are just on the right.
Description
There are two entrances. The first entrance is a rift 4m high and 3m wide while the second entrance is about 10m further on at the level of the Nam Pua river and is 1m high and 2m wide with a medium sized stream resurging. Both entrances unite after about 30m of walking passage from the upper entrance. From here easy walking in a phreatic type passage 5m high and 6m wide leads to a lowering of the roof after about 40m to hands and knees crawling to what was, in January 2015, a flat out grovel in water, but was sumped in February 2016. The cave is probably the resurgence for the water seen in Tham Yok Wiman.
Topographie
SMCC February 2016 - Grade UISv2 6-3-F
Documents
Tham Nam Ook Ru 14/05/2019Bibliography 12/09/2020
- +ELLIS, MARTIN (2005) "Some Caves in Thailand Part 1" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 11 No. 7 pp294-321 +Ellis, Martin (2015d) "Caves of Doi Phuka National Park" privately published, April 2015, 81pp +Ellis, Martin (2016a) "Shepton Mallet Caving Club Nan Expedition February 2016" www.thailandcaves.shepton.org.uk/nan-2016 +Ellis, Martin (2017a) "The 2015 & 2016 Expeditions to the Doi Phuka National Park, Nan, Thailand" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 6 pp 241-277 +Goddard, Andy (2016) "Thailand Expedition 2016" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Newsletter Vol. 53 No. 2 April 2016 pp40-43 +NATIONAL PARK OFFICE (2006) "National Parks in Thailand" National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 280pp +Sandford, Estelle (2016) " Back to Thailand with the SMCC again" The Belfry Bulletin No. 559 Vol. 60 No. 8 pp6-10
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | Tham Yok Wiman [NA0146] | 234 | 26 |
| 1.0 | Tham Sua Dao [NA0144] | 126 | 17 |
| 2.5 | Cave NA0052 | 150 | 8 |
| 2.9 | Tham Fak Thong [NA0077] | 482 | 22 |
| 3.5 | Tham Lom [NA0050] | 184 | 13 |
| 3.7 | Tham Nan [NA0051] | 340 | 37 |
| 9.3 | Tham Bpaet Sip [NA0149] | 918 | 118 |
| 9.5 | Tham Men Dip [NA0181] | 142 | 44 |
| 9.9 | Tham Din Neao [NA0083] | 365 | 29 |