POKARAN CATER

(Pokaran Tehsil - IN)
26.916700,71.916700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A relatively huge crater … strictly off limits (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 223), hence of unidentified diameter and unidentified depth, formed on occassion of detonating five nuclear devices in the Great Thar Desert and, allegedly, somewhere in the vicinity of Pokaran / Pokhran (N26°55': E071°55'), a town on the National Highway NH 15, about 110 km east of Jaisalmer (N26°55': E070°54').

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Lonely Planet, India 2005.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1998 May: India detonated five nuclear devices (LONELY PLANET, North India 2001: 764; LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 223 --not yet mentioned in LONELY PLANET, India 1997: 682), leaving a relatively large sized crater. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
65.4THAR DESERT CAULDRON
182.6NAGAUR (Cave at)
373.5GALUDA-i-DUR
412.2MATASULA MINE SHAFTS
432.3Bandipule Cave
449.8TOSHAM CAVERNS
450.4HISSAR TAHKHANA
455.9HAJIPUR - DHADIKER CAVE SHELTERS
465.9CHAND BAORI