DARRAH-i- BUM (Cave at)

(ولسوالی قادس - AF)
35.135300,63.468900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for an unspecified cave which is said to somewhere in the vicinity of a place called Darréh- Boum (LINDBERG 1958: 123), which itself lies at an unspecified (substantial?) distance south of the town of Bala Murghab (Bala Morghab N35°34'59”: E063°19'40”) in the valley of the same name. POSITION: Two distinct villages called Darrah-i- Bum (note) are indicated on the AIMS sheet PI41-03 (corresponding to AMS sheet NI41-03).No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for an unspecified cave which is said to somewhere in the vicinity of a place called Darréh- Boum (LINDBERG 1958: 123), which itself lies at an unspecified (substantial?) distance south of the town of Bala Murghab (Bala Morghab N35°34'59”: E063°19'40”) in the valley of the same name. POSITION: Two distinct villages called Darrah-i- Bum (note) are indicated on the AIMS sheet PI41-03 (corresponding to AMS sheet NI41-03).

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1957 (23rd?) October: Knut LINDBERG (1958: 123) was told there is a cave at 'Darréh- Boum.' Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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