AA CAVE, Khaddum (2007)

(Saipung - IN)
25.167200,92.446900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The entrance of an estimated 5 m wide and 10 m deep pothole was rapidly identified with the 1.5 m wide cave entrance gives access to a steeply inclined mud floor leading down to dislocated boulders with a vertical 10 m drop. IDENTITY: Ranging between fairly unknown and not known at all. ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for what passing outsiders referred to as Tsuala Pouk (Jantschke, H 2007 Mss: Fahrtenbericht Indien) and Zuala Pouk (note 1) because it was confused with the true Zuala Pouk, that is to say with –>AA Cave, Khaddum (1999b). SITUATION: In fairly dense vegetation and east of the footpath from Khaddum north to Sielkan (note 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION: A 1.5 m wide cave entrance with a steeply inclined mud slope leads to the edge of a sudden shaft down to boulders which clog a collapsed zone where a crawl was found penetrable to a certain degree (note 3).The entrance of an estimated 5 m wide and 10 m deep pothole was rapidly identified with the 1.5 m wide cave entrance gives access to a steeply inclined mud floor leading down to dislocated boulders with a vertical 10 m drop. IDENTITY: Ranging between fairly unknown and not known at all. ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for what passing outsiders referred to as Tsuala Pouk (Jantschke, H 2007 Mss: Fahrtenbericht Indien) and Zuala Pouk (note 1) because it was confused with the true Zuala Pouk, that is to say with –>AA Cave, Khaddum (1999b). SITUATION: In fairly dense vegetation and east of the footpath from Khaddum north to Sielkan (note 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION: A 1.5 m wide cave entrance with a steeply inclined mud slope leads to the edge of a sudden shaft down to boulders which clog a collapsed zone where a crawl was found penetrable to a certain degree (note 3).

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2007.02.18: Simon J. Brooks, Henry Boswell Dawson, Georg Bäumler, Heidrun André, Rainer Hoss and Katharina 'Kate' Janossy walked along the footpath from Sielkan south to Khaddum in search of a 5 m wide cave entrance. Instead, they found in fairly dense jungle a 1.5 m wide entrance into which S. J. Brooks, H. B. Dawson, H. André and K. Janossy descended (note 4). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0AA CAVE, Khaddum (1999b)
0.3CHINAI POUK
0.3SAISHI POUK
0.3VATAWLKUR POUK
0.7PIELKHLIENG POUK
1.1LUNAR, 3rd (Cave on the)
1.2LUNAR, 2nd (Cave on the)
1.3LUNAR, 1st (Cave on the)
1.4PALTAN POUK