WAH LARENG (Brooks 1997) (Umpohliew)

(Khliehriat - IN)
25.161100,92.347200
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A karst rising (spring of water) without an obvious way into a cave. SITUATION: About 150 m in an unidentified direction above an unspecified point in the streambed (dry on 26th February 1997) of a certain Wah Lariang or Wah Tharang (sic!) or, more likely, Wah Lareng. APPROACH: 26-2-97 Estelle, Tony, Kaiman and J-Rat walk to Um Satad [note 1] village and from there to the nearby Um Stein village [note 2]. They locate … Krem Wahstein [note 3] … then find boulder resurgence, near to the dry riverbed known as Wah Lariang or Wah Tharang (Brooks, S J in: BROOKS, S J et al 1998: 30).A karst rising (spring of water) without an obvious way into a cave. SITUATION: About 150 m in an unidentified direction above an unspecified point in the streambed (dry on 26th February 1997) of a certain Wah Lariang or Wah Tharang (sic!) or, more likely, Wah Lareng. APPROACH: 26-2-97 Estelle, Tony, Kaiman and J-Rat walk to Um Satad [note 1] village and from there to the nearby Um Stein village [note 2]. They locate … Krem Wahstein [note 3] … then find boulder resurgence, near to the dry riverbed known as Wah Lariang or Wah Tharang (Brooks, S J in: BROOKS, S J et al 1998: 30).

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1997.02.26: Swit Sungoh, then a retired Umstein village headman, guided Kyrmen 'Hope' C Hiwot Passah (interpreter), Antony 'Tony' Boycott, (scouting), Anthony 'Tony' R Jarratt (scouting) and Estelle Sandford (scouting) to a source of water. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1WAH LARENG (Müller 1999) (Krem)
1.0WAH STEIÑ (Jarratt 1997a) (Cave near)
1.3WAH URLA (Krem)
1.3WAH STEIÑ (Jarratt 1997b) (Cave near)
1.5UMLONG SOUTH POT (aa -)
1.5SHNONG, Umsteiñ (Ngam)
1.6VALLEY HEAD CAVE
1.7UMLONG WEST POT (aa -)
1.7KNAH (Krem)