Tham Khao Kluay - KR0003
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Location
Found in a small tower 50m west of the H4039, a few kilometres to the south-west of Ao Luek past the turnings to Ban Bo Tho and Ban Hin Rao. The turning to the cave entrance is marked with a sign in Thai. There is a small food stall next to the car pasking area and a Buddha statue and monk's quarters in the resurgence entrance nearest the road. The other side of the tower there are a couple of kutis near the swallet entrances.
Description
Three small seasonal streams pass through the tower via the cave. There is also a fossil passage through the tower at a level about 2m above that of the streamways. The southern most stream passage is smaller than the main passages to the north and is connected via a couple of crawls from the fossil passage. This fossil passage, and the deposits outside the cave near the swallet entrance, has abundant marine shells. On visits in 2007 there was a semi-tame macaque monkey which would happily traverse the cave.
Topographie
DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1986) - Grade 4
Documents
Bibliography 14/10/2019- DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1986) "ExpÚdition Tha´-Maros 85" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-00-7 DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp
History
1985 The first recorded visit to the cave was by the APS 2007-06-22 (M. Ellis, I. Hollis) 2007-12-12 (M. Ellis, Y. Sopha, K. Morton, E. Morton, P. Butler, M. Butler)
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Tham Khao Ta Krot - KR0008 | ||
| 1.2 | Cave KR0182 - KR0182 | ||
| 2.5 | Song Phi Nong (Tham) [KR0221] | ||
| 2.6 | Tham Rot Tai - KR0060 | ||
| 3.6 | Tham Lagoon - KR0213 | 20 | 0 |
| 3.8 | Tham Teeb Nui - KR0165 | ||
| 3.8 | Tham Lot Tai - KR0018 | 126 | 0 |
| 3.9 | Tham Hua Kalok Nua [KR0097] | 200 | 0 |
| 4.0 | Tham Phi Hua To - KR0019 | 105 | 0 |