Tham Nam Dan - PS0040
16.649021,100.706137
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.
Description
A major resurgence cave.
Fauna
Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) (unpublished record) Schistura spiesi Vidthayanon et Kottelat, 2003 (Chordata, Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) (Vidthayanon and Kottelat 2003)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 18/05/2019Bibliography 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+SMART, DEAN (1998b) "Thung Salaeng Luang National Park Cave Surveying Project" Royal Forestry Department, Bangkok Unpublished report 26pp +SMART, DEAN (1998c) "The Caving Scene: Thailand" The International Caver No. 23 p43 +SMART, DEAN (2004) "Project Concept û Protecting the Wang Daeng Karst and Raising its Significance Through Water Analysis" unpublished report Deparment of National Parks 9pp +VIDTHAYANON, CHAVALIT; KOTTELAT, MAURICE (2003) "Three new species of fishes from Tham Phra Wang Daeng and Tham Phra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
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Tham Pha Kaeo - PS0043 | 1217 | 34 |
| 3.8 | Tham Phra Wang Daeng - PS0028 | 13789 | 131 |
| 5.4 | Tham Nam Tok - PS0059 | ||
| 5.4 | Tham Khang Khao - PS0041 | 4022 | 71 |
| 5.4 | Tham Dak Ga Deen Yak - PS0058 | 210 | 7 |
| 5.5 | Tham Huai Rai - PS0056 | ||
| 5.6 | Tham Phra Sai Ngam - PS0030 | 3026 | 92 |
| 5.6 | Tham Nam Sai [PS0113] | 50 | 0 |
| 5.7 | Tham Phra Sai Ngam Resurgence - PS0086 |