AMLAREM QUARRY CAVE 2

(Amlarem - IN)
25.248600,92.097200
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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).

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2012.02.27: Rob C Harper and Keith Sanderson visited an Amlarem Quarry Cave 2 (Smart, C M 2013.04.29 personal correspondence: Amlarem Quarry Cave 3). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.2AMLAREM QUARRY CAVE 1
0.4AMLAREM QUARRY CAVE 3
3.3NONGTALANG, 1st (Boyes 2000.02.19) (Cave near)
3.4NONGLYNRONG (Krem)
3.4NONGTALANG, 2nd (Boyes 2000.02.19) (Cave near)
3.8AMKPAI (Krem)
4.0AMTREN 2 (Krem)
4.0THANGSHUNAI (Krem)
4.1AMLARIANG (Krem)