Tham Pha Daeng [CM0152]

ป่าไหน่ (TH)
19.503186,99.147137
Length 245m Depth 18m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

On the H1150 heading towards Phrao, turn left onto the H1346. In the village of Ban Lom take a track on the left. After a major descent turn right for 50 m. The caves are 50 m away on the left, at the foot of a red cliff that gives the cave its name. GPS points: Crossroads in Ban Lom with the H1346: 47Q 517786 2155333 Alt: 576 m Crossroads: 47Q 517518 2155359 Alt.: 566 m Crossing, turn right: 47Q 516034 2155972 Alt.: 578 m Path to the cave: 47Q 515991 2156163 Alt.: 576 m Car parking: 47Q 516033 2155970 Alt.: 576 m Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

Description

Fauna

Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

Systaria lannops Jõger, 2018 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Clubionidae) (Jõger 2018) Althepus changmao Li et Li, 2018 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) û type locality (Li et al. 2018) Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835) (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) (Chintapitasakul et al. 2012) Hipposideros larvatus (Horsfield, 1823) (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) (Chintapitasakul et al. 2012)

Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

The entrance is 10 m high by 4 m wide and gives access after a short climb up using a metal ladder to a black Buddha behind which the passage continues. Before the Buddha a passage on the left gives access to a gallery that ends in the cliff. On the right the gallery continues, narrowing, then regaining its large size. It shows traces of a palaeo flow and various levels of clastic fill. One can also observe eroded conglomerates. The floor is littered with guano and populated with big cockroaches. The gallery continues to intersect perpendicularly a smaller gallery. A bit before the bottom a small drop of 2 m is equipped with a metal ladder. The cave ends in a chamber where the clastic deposits may be an old choked sump. Large bats (60 cm) are present. Tham Pha Daeng was surveyed by the SSAPO in July 2008. It may be the same cave as Tham Pha Daeng (CM0048), in particular with regard to the bat records, but the two surveys are very dissimilar.

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

JARLAN, PHILIPPE; CARON-JARLAN, VIOLAINE, BELUCHE, ALEXANDRA; BELUCHE, FRANCOIS (2010) - Grade unknown

Documents

[Topo] Tham Pha Daeng 05/05/2019
Bibliography 29/06/2019

History

2008 - SSAPO only visited the first cave as the second cave (CM0248) was occupied by meditating monks. 2014-06-27 P. Jaeger, E. Grall, P. Wongprom - collecting spiders Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1Cave CM0248
3.3Cave CM0277500
4.1Tham Farangset - CM00472380
4.9Tham Pha Daeng - CM00481350
7.4Tham Pang Din Fai [CM0180]34242
8.7Tham Na [CM0178]500
10.3Tham Pang Mo [CM0181]500
10.3Pang Mo Shaft [CM0179]55
10.3Tham Plong - CM0176