PHLANKARUH Cave 2 (Harper 2001)
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Description
An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to a relatively small sloping passage (Harper, undated 2001 February Mss).ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for what has been christened after another cave somewhere nearby.SITUATION: Harper (undated 2001 February Mss) places the cave entrance to Krem Phankaruh 2 at an an unidentified height up a scree slope in working quarries (without identified name), which lie in an unspecified spatial relation to Krem Phankaruh (see Krem –>Phrangkaruh), somewhere west (or, perhaps, east) of the river Umiew, and at one or the opposite side of an unspecified road (note 1). APPROACH: Both the quarry and the cave entrance was belived to be reached by travelling an estimated distance of about 1 km (or so) up (in an unidentified direction) that unspecified road from an unspecified bridge (note 2) at an uidentified GPS position on an unspecified main road connecting one unidentified place to another unidentified place. At this stage of exploration, a guide is advisable (Harper, undated 2001 February Mss). CAVE POTENTIAL: Since Rob Harper (undated 2001 February Mss) judged chances of running into unexplored passages to be poor without extensive digging this item is worth a look.identified GPS position on an unspecified main road connecting one unidentified place to another unidentified place. At this stage of exploration, a guide is advisable (Harper, undated 2001 February Mss). CAVE POTENTIAL: Since Rob Harper (undated 2001 February Mss) judged chances of running into unexplored passages to be poor without extensive digging this item is worth a look.
History
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2001.02.10: Boycott, Antony 'Tony', Helen Harper, Rob Harper and Stuart McManus, probably assisted by unidentified guides and communicators (no names mentioned), entered part of this the cave in search of recreational adventure caving and found that it is poor without extensive digging (Harper 2001 February Mss).
Caves nearby
Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
---|---|---|---|
0.0 | MAWLOI, Phlankaruh (Krem) | ||
0.7 | PHLANKARUH Cave 2 (Lum Mawshun 2002) | ||
0.7 | PHLANG KARUH (Krem) | ||
0.9 | MAWIONG, Shella (Krem) | ||
1.1 | PHLANKARUH Cave 3 (Lum Mawshun 2002) | ||
1.4 | LYBA (Cave near) | ||
1.6 | SHELLA (McManus 2001) 2nd (Cave near) | ||
1.6 | SHELLA JALSIR (Cave near) | ||
1.6 | UM UWE SKIN (Cave near) |