MUMMIYA, Koh Akhur, 2nd (Ghar)

فراه (فراه - AF)
32.321400,62.100000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The second Ghar Mummiya on a flank of the hill Kouh Akhour is another, smaller rift cave (note 1), which is situated very close to the first one, and thus below the Cave at –>Koh Akhur near Kahdanak, south of Farah town. CAVE DESCRIPTION: The cave consists of a wide and altogether 10 m long horizontal fissure and a chimney. CAVE CLIMATE: On 25th April 1958 an air temperature of 40°C was measured in the entrance and 28°C in the interior.The second Ghar Mummiya on a flank of the hill Kouh Akhour is another, smaller rift cave (note 1), which is situated very close to the first one, and thus below the Cave at –>Koh Akhur near Kahdanak, south of Farah town. CAVE DESCRIPTION: The cave consists of a wide and altogether 10 m long horizontal fissure and a chimney. CAVE CLIMATE: On 25th April 1958 an air temperature of 40°C was measured in the entrance and 28°C in the interior.

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1958.04.25: Knut LINDBERG (1958: 125) visited, took an altimeter reading, explored, measured temperatures and tried to collect cave life. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0MUMMIYA, Koh Akhur 1 (Ghar)
0.6Koh Akhur (Cave on the)
5.2Zargaran, Farah: Kuh-e Bashto (Ghar)
23.7MUMMIYA, Koh Pir, 1st (Ghar)
23.7MUMMIYA, Koh Pir, 2nd (Ghar)
25.3Hammam (Ghar)
25.3KELIDAN (Ghar)
59.1KOH SI AV BABA (Cave on the)
59.1Tchach Guez Excavations