CHASHMAH-i- SHER (Cave at)
36.050000,68.566700
Description
A relatively small cave (wider than 2 m, less than 2 m high, and 4 m long), which carries the grand name (note 1) -Tiger's Source- (note 2), may be identical with Coon's cave at –>Rabatek. SITUATION: At a distance of 17 km north-west of Puli Khumri (N35°56'56”: E68°42'51”, on AIMS sheet PI42-02), on the left-hand side of the road to Khulm (N36°41'47”: E67°41'54”, AIMS sheet PJ42-14), and not far from the excavations of Surkh Kotal / Sorkh Kowtal (Red Pass). CAVE LIFE: LINDBERG (1958: 120-121) reports Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Hymenoptera, Pseudoscorpions, and numerous lizards. JUBERTHIE & DECU (2001: 1745) list a possibly troglophile psudoscorpion: Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Atemnidae: Diplotemnus egregius BEIER.A relatively small cave (wider than 2 m, less than 2 m high, and 4 m long), which carries the grand name (note 1) -Tiger's Source- (note 2), may be identical with Coon's cave at –>Rabatek. SITUATION: At a distance of 17 km north-west of Puli Khumri (N35°56'56”: E68°42'51”, on AIMS sheet PI42-02), on the left-hand side of the road to Khulm (N36°41'47”: E67°41'54”, AIMS sheet PJ42-14), and not far from the excavations of Surkh Kotal / Sorkh Kowtal (Red Pass). CAVE LIFE: LINDBERG (1958: 120-121) reports Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Hymenoptera, Pseudoscorpions, and numerous lizards. JUBERTHIE & DECU (2001: 1745) list a possibly troglophile psudoscorpion: Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Atemnidae: Diplotemnus egregius BEIER.
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Bibliography 06/01/2018Caves nearby
Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
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0.0 | SURKH KOTAL STEPWELL | ||
18.3 | RABATEK (Cave at) | ||
60.8 | Osama Bin Laden, Kohe Sheikh Hazrat (Tahkhana ke) | ||
147.8 | HAZAR GUSFAND (Ghar i) | ||
148.1 | Darra-i Kur | ||
161.2 | CASEM (Grotte di) | ||
174.3 | HAZARSUM, Takhar | ||
208.9 | FEYZABAD (Cave at) | ||
286.9 | SHOGHORE (Caves at) |