Tham Pha Luang - PS0048

บ้านมุง (TH)
16.475449,100.673403
Length 75m Depth 15m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

The cave is located in the grounds of a temple moo 12 Ban Khlong Sap Rang. It is 140 m east of the wat and a path leads uphill past boulders to the enormous entrance. Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

The cold air and stench of bat guano can be noticed outside the entrance to the cave. The main part of the cave is a huge hall, lit by daylight. In this hall is a big stalactite column and large bat colony where guano was mined in the past. The number of large cockroaches in this chamber is notable. There is a short and low phreatic continuation and in this section of the cave there is an eroded horizontal flowstone that has the shape of a map of Thailand in it. Tham Pha Luang was found by villagers around 1995. There are many other caves nearby, but they are not as long as Tham Pha Luang.

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

Surveyed by Alexander Thoma

Documents

Bibliography 20/05/2019
  • +VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp

History

2013-04-04 A. Thoma - surveyed cave 2019-03-20 M. Ellis, P. Collett, S. Prommawiang Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.2Tham Manao [PS0106]
2.7Tham Nam [0075]3775
3.2Tham Din [PS0108]
3.3Cave PS0109
3.3Tham Nam [PS0075]3775
3.4Tham Mair La-ong Nam Thip [PS0099]534
3.4Tham Naresuan - PS002136410
3.5Tham Lom [PS0117]
3.7Tham Khun Suk [PS0107]