HATHKAMBA 3 (Cave at)
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Description
A triangular, accidentally south-east facing cave entrance (about a metre wide and high) leads to a 5.8 m long, horizontal, single-passage cave in laterite, which arrives (on average a metre wide and up to 2 m high) slightly descending from the south-west. The cave seems to have had no cave entrance before it was eventually intersected when cutting the hill in preparation for laying the National Highway NH17. SITUATION: At one of the lesser attractive cave locations of India, which, in this case, is represented by the busy and noisy but dirty bus stop of the -new- village of Hatkamba, a road junction and settlement booming on the National Highway 17 at where the branch road downhill leaves for the -old- (original) village of Hathkamba (without GPS position). CAVE LIFE: Thomas Matthalm noticed on 27th January 2007 unspecified -spiders- (Arachnidae conf. Araneae) inside the cave.
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Bibliography 06/01/2018History
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2007.01.27: Unidentified local guides (no names mentioned) took Thomas Matthalm (2007.01.28 personal communication) to a first cave (i.e. –>Hathkamba Cave 3), which was mapped and explored.
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Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
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0.7 | HATHKAMBA 2 (Cave at) | ||
3.2 | HATHKAMBA (Cave at) | ||
11.7 | CHANDIKABAI UNDERGROUND TEMPLE | ||
11.7 | RATNAGIRI FORT STEPWELL | ||
11.7 | RATNADURGA (Sahasrabuddhe 2013) (Cave of) | ||
14.7 | RATNAGIRI FORT SEA CAVE | ||
50.2 | ACHEULIAN CAVE, Susrondi | ||
51.4 | MANDAVKARDWADI (Cave at) | ||
69.2 | KALAKAI GUHA |