Nam Lang Old Sink [MH0247]

Length 150m Depth 0m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

Located at the end of a 2km long prominent dry valley running west-north-west from the present course of the Nam Lang, about 5km downstream from Ban Rai. Martin Ellis - 01/07/2020

Description

Martin Ellis - 01/07/2020

A 20m climb up degraded rockfall leads to the 50m wide by10m high entrance, opening into a deceptively large single-chamber cave about one-third of which is in the daylight zone, its size obstructed by extensive breakdown and excellent decoration including cave pearls in the entrance chamber. Although this is indisputably an old sink of the Nam Lang further progress appears to be completely blocked.

Documents

Bibliography 01/07/2020
  • DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1985) "Further Under The Golden Triangle" Australian Caver No. 108 pp2-5 DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1985) "Karst and Caves of the Nam Lang - Nam Khong Region, North Thailand" Helictite Vol. 23 No. 1 pp3-22 DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.4Leopard Cave - MH0018800
0.5Nam Bor Phi - MH0017106106
0.5Cave MH0231 - MH0231
0.5Cave MH0232 - MH0232
0.5Cave MH0233 - MH0233
0.6Coffin Cave MH116 - MH0116
0.7Tham Mae Ga Noi - MH0273
0.8Tham Sop Ngae - MH0303
1.4Ban Rai Rockshelter - MH0007800