BURG, Sorkh Ab (Caves at)

دمحمدآغی ولسوالی (محمد آغې ولسوالۍ - AF)
34.085600,69.234200
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

One wide and large tube (note 1), about 8 m long, has been exmined in a landscape of conglomerate hillocks pierced by a multitude of tubes. SITUATION: In the vicinity of one of the two villages called Borgh (note 2) which lie au sud-ouest de Sorkhap (LINDBERG 1958: 115) or at a linear distance of about 8 kmor 10 km south-east of Sorkh Ab (AIMS PI41-07), which is positioned as Sorkh Ab and as Surkhab at N34°08'02”: E69°12'22” (WGS84, nima.mil/geonames accessed 28.05.2004), and high above the upper reaches of the Logar (Lowgar) River in Kushi district, Logar (Lowgar) province.One wide and large tube (note 1), about 8 m long, has been exmined in a landscape of conglomerate hillocks pierced by a multitude of tubes. SITUATION: In the vicinity of one of the two villages called Borgh (note 2) which lie au sud-ouest de Sorkhap (LINDBERG 1958: 115) or at a linear distance of about 8 kmor 10 km south-east of Sorkh Ab (AIMS PI41-07), which is positioned as Sorkh Ab and as Surkhab at N34°08'02”: E69°12'22” (WGS84, nima.mil/geonames accessed 28.05.2004), and high above the upper reaches of the Logar (Lowgar) River in Kushi district, Logar (Lowgar) province.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1957.07.19: Knut LINDBERG (1961a: 7) visited, explored, observed and tried to collect cave life. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
6.0SORKH AB 1 (Cave at)
6.0SORKH AB 2 (Cave at)
20.9SHUTAR GARDAN karst area
23.6GHAZNI - KABUL SPRING
24.9Sang-e Surakh, Muhhammad Agha
26.5SANG-e SURAKH GHAR, Muhhammad Agha
33.7Rustam's Well [Puits de Rustam]
38.1Baba Haji (Ghar-e)
38.8KAFTAR GHAR, Sang Novichteh