Tham Ngoen 2 - CH0002
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Location
A path behind Wat Tham Ngoen leads steeply up the side of the massif with some bamboo and wood ladders to aid the ascent. The path has fine views back over the valley and the karst on the other side. At the top of the ascent a path winds its way through the limestone before descending into a doline. Part way down the doline there is a large wooden building near the entrance to Tham Ngoen 1. From Tham Ngoen 1 continue through the doline towards the west for a few metres to find this cave.
Description
Topographie
DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1988) - Grade 4, reprinted in ELLIS, MARTIN; BARRETT, DAVE (2001)
Fauna
Plusioglyphiulus saksit Golovatch, Geoffroy, Mauries et VandenSpiegel, 2011 (Arthropoda, Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae) û type locality (Golovatch et al. 2011)
Tham Ngoen 2 is a single chamber occupied by a few fruit bats. A side passage near the entrance leads to a 10 m pitch which was not been descended either by the APS in 1987 or the SMCC in 2000.
Documents
[Topo] Tham Ngoen 2 28/04/2019Bibliography 18/06/2019
- +Brouquisse, Francois; Dalger, Daniel; Bakalowicz, Michel (1988) "RÚsultats HydrogÚochemiques des ExpÚditions Thai-Maros 86 et Thai 87" Expeditions de l'APS en Asie du Sud-est: Travaux Scientifiques û 1. Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-03-1 pp-5-16 (French) +DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1988) "ExpÚditions Tha´ 87-Tha´ 88" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-02-3 +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 124pp +ELLIS, MARTIN; BARRETT, DAVE (2001) "Thailand Expedition February 2000 Report" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 10 No. 8 pp247-272 +GOLOVATCH, SERGEI I; GEOFFROY, JEAN-JACQUES; MAURI+S, JEAN-PAUL; SPIEGEL, DIDIER VAN DEN (2011) "The millipede genus Plusioglyphiulus Silvestri, 1923 in Thailand (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)" Zootaxa Monograph 2940 63pp
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Tham Ngoen 1 - CH0001 | 281 | 20 |
| 0.2 | Tham Ngoen 3 - CH0003 | ||
| 0.3 | Tham Ngoen 4 - CH0004 | ||
| 0.5 | Tham Ngoen 5 [Tham Ngoen 3] [CH0050] | 40 | 10 |
| 0.8 | Tham Pha Ngep 2 [Tham Pha Ngoep 2] [CH0097] | ||
| 0.8 | Cave CH0005 - CH0005 | ||
| 0.8 | Tham Pha Ngep 1 [Tham Pha Ngoep 1] [CH0096] | ||
| 0.9 | Cave CH0006 - CH0006 | 30 | |
| 1.0 | Tham Huang Po [Tham Ban Ngoem] [Tham Wam Bo] [Grotte de la Source] [CH0007] | 250 | 5 |