LONAR CAVERN

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

On occasion of assembling Indian caves which are not in limestone Glennie (s.a. 1948-1952 Mss) refered to the Lonar Lake [see: Lonar Crater] in Buldan district of Berar [note 1]. This is a deep depression about 300 feet [91 m or so] in depth and a mile [1.6 km] in diameter, surrounded on all sides by a rim formed of blocks of basalt. … La Touche in Rec. G.S.I. XL I suggested the crater may be due to the collapse of the roof of a cavern formed by the escape of lava or of volcanic vapours. It may however be an exploded crater (note 2).On occasion of assembling Indian caves which are not in limestone Glennie (s.a. 1948-1952 Mss) refered to the Lonar Lake [see: Lonar Crater] in Buldan district of Berar [note 1]. This is a deep depression about 300 feet [91 m or so] in depth and a mile [1.6 km] in diameter, surrounded on all sides by a rim formed of blocks of basalt. … La Touche in Rec. G.S.I. XL I suggested the crater may be due to the collapse of the roof of a cavern formed by the escape of lava or of volcanic vapours. It may however be an exploded crater (note 2).