KHWAJA GHAR, Mazana, 2nd

(ولسوالی غوربند - AF)
35.033300,68.616700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An active karst spring (water) issues from a relatively small but penetrable cave. SITUATION: About 10 vertical metres below the first –>Khwaja Ghar at Mazana (note 1). CAVE DESCRIPTION: The cave entrance is just large enough to allow the passing of a person. The cave walls are rounded and façonées au tour (shaped like a tower?). The opening, from which a strong gush of water issues (note 2), gives access to a narrow, steeply descending passage of which some 7 or 8 m have been penetrated up to a tight chimney in which a small person might be able to descend. The descent, feet ahead, is tricky but climbing back up again is more difficult (note 3).An active karst spring (water) issues from a relatively small but penetrable cave. SITUATION: About 10 vertical metres below the first –>Khwaja Ghar at Mazana (note 1). CAVE DESCRIPTION: The cave entrance is just large enough to allow the passing of a person. The cave walls are rounded and façonées au tour (shaped like a tower?). The opening, from which a strong gush of water issues (note 2), gives access to a narrow, steeply descending passage of which some 7 or 8 m have been penetrated up to a tight chimney in which a small person might be able to descend. The descent, feet ahead, is tricky but climbing back up again is more difficult (note 3).

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 13.05.1959: Knut LINDBERG (1961a: 10) visited and penetrated part of the active streamway. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0KHWAJA GHAR, Mazana 1 (Cave at)
9.0Sorb, Ferenjal (Ma'dan)
10.0Malik Ala Dad (Caves at)
18.5NAYAK (Samuch)
20.5FARAHGERD 1 (Coal Mine at)
20.5TALAGUD, Fuligard, Fuligird, Fulojird, Fulodschird = Chahar Bagh-e Farah Gerd? (Cave at)
20.5FARAHGERD, 2nd (Coal Mine at)
22.4KOTAK (Cave at)
23.2SHAH NASIR (Cave of)