SOORAPRA CRATER

(Kangan - IN)
34.366700,74.883300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

In comparison with –>Toomoo Crater a relatively smaller and less perfect crater or, more likely, a closed depression (doline? pothole cave?), noticed FOSTER (1873: 30th July 1868) at an unspecified location somewhere along a march off the regular track (note 1) from Soorapra (5 miles in an unspecified direction from –>Toomoo) to Kungan (note 2).In comparison with –>Toomoo Crater a relatively smaller and less perfect crater or, more likely, a closed depression (doline? pothole cave?), noticed FOSTER (1873: 30th July 1868) at an unspecified location somewhere along a march off the regular track (note 1) from Soorapra (5 miles in an unspecified direction from –>Toomoo) to Kungan (note 2).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Foster, J C 1873.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1868 July 30: FOSTER (1878) observed near 'Soorapra' what he considered a 'crater' (doline?). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0WANGAT MINES, Kangan
2.4TOOMOO CRATER
7.2LASHIMARG SINK
11.7DANISHAWAR CAVE, Erin Valley
15.1DUBTA PANI
16.2HARAMUKH SINKHOLES AND SWALLETS
19.8NARA NAG SPRING
21.3KHIR BHAWANI SPRING
22.1BURZAHOM PITS