MAWMLUH CAVE 2 (Brooks & Smart 1992)

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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 24/04/2016

A relatively »small cave entrance« of unidentified size and unspecified shape was not only understood to face an unidentified direction but also to give access to an unspecified cave passage which »in 1992 was blocked a short way inside due to the activities of the large limestone quarry situated on the hillside directly above the cave« (BROOKS, S J & SMART, C M 1995: 26). IDENTITY: It seems likely that Mawmluh Cave 2 (Brooks & Smart) is either the same as Mawmluh Cave 2 (Lindenmayr) or not.SITUATION: In an unspecified »the hillside« at an unidentified elevation and at an estimated distance of unspecified 100 m (either in a direct line or along a winding route) without orientation »to the left« (note 1) of the main cave entrance (insurgence) to the –>Mawmluh Cave. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1993: »Krem Mawmluh … There is another small [cave] entrance situated some 100 metres to the left of the main sink. This was reputed to have once connected with the main cave though it [is] presently blocked a short way inside due to the activities of the large quarry situated on the hillside above the cave« (Brooks, S J 1993 s.a. Mss unpaginated page 1). CAVE DESCRIPTION 1995: »Krem Mawmluh … There is another small [cave] entrance situated in the hillside some 100 metres to the left of the main sink. This was reputed to have once connected with the main cave though in 1992 it was blocked a short way inside due to the activities of the large limestone quarry situated on the hillside directly above the cave« (BROOKS, S J & SMART, C M 1995: 26).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 24/04/2016

NOTE 1: Brooks, Smart, Harper, and Harper looked from a self-centered point of view without orientation onto the entrance of the Mawmluh Cave. Hence, they must have looked towards southeast onto the north-facing cave entrance whereupon »left« indicates a north-eastish direction.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1992 November: Unidentified »local people« (no names mentioned) guided Simon J Brooks, Christopher "Chris" M Smart, Helen Harper and Robert "Rob" C Harper to a certain »another small entrance« of an unidentified cave (no name mentioned) at an unspecified location »some 100 metres to the left of the main sink« of »Krem Mawmluh (Mawmluh Cave - Cherrapunji)« (Brooks, S J 1993 s.a. Mss unpaginated page 1; BROOKS, S J & SMART, C M 1995: 12, 26). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 24/04/2016

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0MAWMLUH CAVE 2 (Lindenmayr 2015)
0.1MAWMLUH CAVE
0.1MAWMLUH CAVE 3
0.4AA CAVE, Sohra (Chapman 2000)
0.4LUM LAWBAH: Doline 4 (aa -)
0.5LUMSHLAN (Krem)
0.5LUMSHLAN 2 (Krem)
0.6LUM LAWBAH: Doline 3 (aa -)
0.7RONG UMSOH - SOH PANG BNIAT (Krem)