Tham Ngoen 1 - CH0001
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Location
A path behind Wat Tham Ngoen leads steeply up the side of the massif with some bamboo and wood ladders to aid the ascent. The path ahs fine views back over the valley and the karst on the other side. At the top of the ascent a path winds its way through the limestone before descending into a doline. Part way down the doline there is a large wooden building.
Description
The large entrance is a few metres behind the building. In 2000 it appeared to be a fairly major meditation or pilgrimage site. From the entrance chamber the roof lowers before ascending again giving access to about 200m of large fossil passage. The cave still has a couple of leads û a bamboo ladder up to an inlet passage was not ascended and the tight passage at end of the cave was not pushed. The inner cave has an extensive fauna.
Topographie
DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1988) - Grade 4. Reprinted in ELLIS, MARTIN; BARRETT, DAVE (2001)
Documents
[Topo] Tham Ngoen 1 28/04/2019Bibliography 18/06/2019
- Brouquisse, Francois; Dalger, Daniel; Bakalowicz, Michel (1988) "RÚsultats HydrogÚochemiques des ExpÚditions Thai-Maros 86 et Thai 87" Expeditions de l'APS en Asie du Sud-est: Travaux Scientifiques û 1. Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-03-1 pp-5-16 (French) DEHARVENG, LOUIS (1987) "Cave Collembola of South-East Asia" Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology Vol. 3 No. 2 pp165-174 DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1988) "ExpÚditions Tha´ 87-Tha´ 88" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-02-3 DEHARVENG, LOUIS; LECLERC, PHILIPPE (1989) "Recherches sur les Faunes Cavernicoles d'Asie du Sud-est" MÚmoires de BiospÚologie Vol. 16 No. 43 pp91-110 DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 124pp ELLIS, MARTIN; BARRETT, DAVE (2001) "Thailand Expedition February 2000 Report" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 10 No. 8 pp247-272 VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Tham Ngoen 2 - CH0002 | 100 | 15 |
| 0.2 | Tham Ngoen 3 - CH0003 | ||
| 0.3 | Tham Ngoen 4 - CH0004 | ||
| 0.5 | Tham Ngoen 5 [Tham Ngoen 3] [CH0050] | 40 | 10 |
| 0.8 | Tham Pha Ngep 2 [Tham Pha Ngoep 2] [CH0097] | ||
| 0.8 | Tham Pha Ngep 1 [Tham Pha Ngoep 1] [CH0096] | ||
| 0.8 | Cave CH0005 - CH0005 | ||
| 1.0 | Cave CH0006 - CH0006 | 30 | |
| 1.1 | Tham Huang Po [Tham Ban Ngoem] [Tham Wam Bo] [Grotte de la Source] [CH0007] | 250 | 5 |