Tham Nam Dan - PS0040

บ้านมุง (TH)
16.649021,100.706137
Length 2137m Depth 88m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

From Ban Chomphu drive through the check point into the national park. 3 km after the check point Wat Tham Phra Wang Daeng is sign posted to the right (south), but continue straight on for another 150 m to a large Y junction. Turn right, go through the small hamlet and after 1.5 km there is another Y junction. Turn left and follow the track for 2.6 km towards the south to where the track ends at the base of the mountain. Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

A major resurgence cave.

Fauna

Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) (unpublished record) Schistura spiesi Vidthayanon et Kottelat, 2003 (Chordata, Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) (Vidthayanon and Kottelat 2003)

Documents

Tham Nam Dan 18/05/2019
Bibliography 20/05/2019
  • +BROOKS, SIMON (2003a) "Recce Proves Successful" Descent No. 173 pp26-27 +BROOKS, SIMON (2003d) "Cave Exploration in Southern and Central Thailand" The International Caver 2003 pp38-43 +BROOKS, SIMON (2005) "Orpheus in the Tower Karst" Descent No. 183 p23 +BROOKS, SIMON (2008) "Cave Exploration in Thailand û Some Recent British Cave Exploration" paper presented at 4th European Congress of Speleology, Vercors, 23-30 August 2008 3pp +ELLIS, MARTIN (2005) "Some Caves in Thailand Part 2" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 11 No. 8 pp342-357 +Ellis, Martin (2018c) "SMCC Thailand Expedition 2018 û Summary" report to the Ghar Pharau Foundation, 5pp +Goddard, Andy; Ellis, Martin (2018) "SMCC Expedition to Phitsanulok and Phetchabun 2018" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 8 pp337-360 +SMART, DEAN (1998b) "Thung Salaeng Luang National Park Cave Surveying Project" Royal Forestry Department, Bangkok Unpublished report 26pp +SMART, DEAN (1998c) "The Caving Scene: Thailand" The International Caver No. 23 p43 +SMART, DEAN (2004) "Project Concept û Protecting the Wang Daeng Karst and Raising its Significance Through Water Analysis" unpublished report Deparment of National Parks 9pp +VIDTHAYANON, CHAVALIT; KOTTELAT, MAURICE (2003) "Three new species of fishes from Tham Phra Wang Daeng and Tham Phra Sai Ngam caves in northern Thailand (Teleostei: Cyprinidae and Balitoridae)" Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters Vol. 14 No. 2 pp159-174

History

1998-04-23 D. Smart 2002-11-07 D. Smart, S. Brooks - surveying 2002-11-08 D. Smart, S. Brooks - surveying & collected Schistura spiesi 2003-01-01 D. Smart, T. Bolger, K. Zipfel, R. Borowsky - surveying 2003-05-02 D. Smart, T. Bolger, 2 rangers - surveying 2004-04-02 M. Ellis, I. Hollis, D. Smart, T. Bolger, N. Anderson + several rangers and RFD staff - surveying inlets and oxbows 2004-11-18 D. Smart, S. White, P. Wagstaff, 1 ranger - surveying 2018-02-20 J. Begley, M. Clayton, E. Porter, E. Sandford Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
1.5Tham Pha Kaeo - PS0043121734
3.8Tham Phra Wang Daeng - PS002813789131
5.4Tham Nam Tok - PS0059
5.4Tham Khang Khao - PS0041402271
5.4Tham Dak Ga Deen Yak - PS00582107
5.5Tham Huai Rai - PS0056
5.6Tham Phra Sai Ngam - PS0030302692
5.6Tham Nam Sai [PS0113]500
5.7Tham Phra Sai Ngam Resurgence - PS0086