LUM IAWPAW WATER SINK
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Description
What appears to be something along the lines of an enterable collapse doline or pothole cave without specific dimensions reported Zawada (2004.04.21 personal correspondence) from somewhere on Lum Iawpaw, the hill above Nongnah (schoolhouse 25°15'56.8”N: 91°19'32.9”E: 1017.9 m, unidentified precision error, Scott Linn, undated December 2002, GPS Garmin Etrex): Water sink, N25 15 37.2: E091 19 27.7: 1118.9 m asl, has a number of meters of phreatic type passage going off the sink. Paul Fowler and Scott Linn, who found it in December 2002, did not push it very hard.
Documents
Bibliography 06/01/2018History
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2002.12.12: Romoland Paliar (Village Headman) and other guides from Nongnah guided a team of US American cavers (Stan Allison, Paul J. Fowler, Todd Warren, W. 'Mike' Zawada and others) to the entrance. Scott Linn took a GPS reading (Zawada 2004.04.21 personal correspondence).
Caves nearby
Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
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0.2 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 009 | ||
0.2 | PYN DEN SHLAN (Krem) | ||
0.3 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 008 | ||
0.3 | LUM IAWPAW PIT 0, PF Pit | ||
0.3 | LUM IAWPAW DOLINE | ||
0.3 | LUM IAWPAW PIT 6 | ||
0.4 | LUM IAWPAW PIT 7 | ||
0.4 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 010 | ||
0.4 | MAWTYNHIANG (Krem) |