Cave PL25 - CM0225

Length 59m Depth 33m

Location

On the western end of the Doi Luang Chiang Dao massif. Known to the local population the cave entrance is located in bushes just behind the Hmong village, about 30 m from Shaft PL19. Martin Ellis - 03/07/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 03/07/2019

The entrance pitch is stepped and drops down to a depth of 10 m where there is the start of a spacious passage, which descends quite steelpy towards the north. The floor is covered in rocks and boulders. At the end of the passage there are two pitches: the first is 5 m deep, the second is a narrow gap down to a muddy floor. There are speleothems in the form of calcite flowstone and curtains.

Documents

[Topo] Cave PL25 01/05/2019

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Bibliography 03/07/2019

PARMA, CHRISTIAN (1987) "Chiang Dao" Taternik Vol. 63 No. 1 pp34-35 (Polish) PARMA, CHRISTIAN (1987) Unpublished notes on 1987 Polish expedition (Polish) PARMA, CHRISTIAN (1988) "Expedition Polonaise Chiang Dao '87" Spelunca No. 30 p9 (French)

History

The cave was surveyed on 13 February by K. Dudzinski and S. Miskowiec. Martin Ellis - 03/07/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)	Name	Length (m)	Depth (m)
0.1	Shaft PL19 - CM0219	10	5
0.2	Shaft PL27 - CM0227	48	38
0.2	Shaft P3 - CM0015	29	29
0.3	Shaft PL26 - CM0226	31	22
0.5	Shaft PL23 - CM0223	45	45
0.5	Cave PL28 - CM0228	42	21
0.7	Cave PL22 - CM0222	140	20
1.1	Cave PL18 - CM0218	44	21
1.2	Cave PL24 - CM0224