LUM IAWPAW DOLINE

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

There are various pits in the doline: N25 15 37.4: E091 19 15.8: 1188.3 m asl (Zawada 2004.04.21 personal correspondence). SITUATION: Somewhere on Lum Iawpaw, a prominent table hill, which rises above the village of Nongnah (note 1) on the southern edge of the Shillong plateau and about 65 km in a direct line approximately WSW from Shillong (N25°34'30”: E091°52'30”).There are various pits in the doline: N25 15 37.4: E091 19 15.8: 1188.3 m asl (Zawada 2004.04.21 personal correspondence). SITUATION: Somewhere on Lum Iawpaw, a prominent table hill, which rises above the village of Nongnah (note 1) on the southern edge of the Shillong plateau and about 65 km in a direct line approximately WSW from Shillong (N25°34'30”: E091°52'30”).

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2002.12.12: Guided by Romoland Paliar (Nongnah Village Headman), it probably was Scott Linn (?) who read and recorded a GPS position near a sinkhole (FOWLER et al 2004: 263; Zawada 2004.04.21 personal correspondence). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)	Name	Length (m)	Depth (m)
0.0	LUM IAWPAW PIT 6
0.1	LUM IAWPAW PIT 5
0.1	LUM IAWPAW PIT 4
0.2	LUM IAWPAW PIT 1
0.2	LUM IAWPAW PIT 2
0.2	LUM IAWPAW PIT 3
0.3	LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 008
0.3	LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 009
0.3	LUM IAWPAW WATER SINK