AMLAREM QUARRY CAVE 2
25.248600,92.097200
Description
An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to have given access to an estimated 4 m long rift cave passage (Smart, C M 2013.04.29 personal correspondence: Amlarem Quarry Cave 3). SITUATION: Somewhere on the west side of [the National Highway] NH40 (Smart, C M 2013.04.29 Mss) in what had been on 27th February 2012 a quarry for Lakadong Limestone in an area about 2 km east of Umlapoh (note 1), about 5.5 km in a direct line approximately northwest from Nongtalang (25°12'25”N: 92°04'15”E WGS84) and between 5 km and 10 km southwest of Amlarem town (25.28677N, 92.10613E) … [Here] the main road crosses an area of limestone with active quarries being worked on both sides of the road (Smart, C M 2013.04.30 Meghalaya cave record: Amlarem Quarry Cave 1 dated 27 February 2012).An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to have given access to an estimated 4 m long rift cave passage (Smart, C M 2013.04.29 personal correspondence: Amlarem Quarry Cave 3). SITUATION: Somewhere on the west side of [the National Highway] NH40 (Smart, C M 2013.04.29 Mss) in what had been on 27th February 2012 a quarry for Lakadong Limestone in an area about 2 km east of Umlapoh (note 1), about 5.5 km in a direct line approximately northwest from Nongtalang (25°12'25”N: 92°04'15”E WGS84) and between 5 km and 10 km southwest of Amlarem town (25.28677N, 92.10613E) … [Here] the main road crosses an area of limestone with active quarries being worked on both sides of the road (Smart, C M 2013.04.30 Meghalaya cave record: Amlarem Quarry Cave 1 dated 27 February 2012).
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Bibliography 06/01/2018Caves nearby
Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
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0.2 | AMLAREM QUARRY CAVE 1 | ||
0.4 | AMLAREM QUARRY CAVE 3 | ||
3.3 | NONGTALANG, 1st (Boyes 2000.02.19) (Cave near) | ||
3.4 | NONGLYNRONG (Krem) | ||
3.4 | NONGTALANG, 2nd (Boyes 2000.02.19) (Cave near) | ||
3.8 | AMKPAI (Krem) | ||
4.0 | AMTREN 2 (Krem) | ||
4.0 | THANGSHUNAI (Krem) | ||
4.1 | AMLARIANG (Krem) |