Cave PL03 - CM0203
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Location
On the eastern end of the Doi Luang Chiang Dao summit plateau. The cave is in a doline on the north-east edge of the camping field where it funnels into the overgrown trees near the path up to the highest summit of the massif. The entrance opens on a bearing of 282¦.
Description
From the narrow entrance the cave starts with a 15 m deep pitch. Seven metres below the head of the pitch is a chimney which is the entrance to a narrow shaft which connects with the main cave at a depth of 17 m. From the bottom of the shaft the wide main passgae heads south-east before turning to the north-east. Where it changes direction, to the south there is a steep descending cleft. At the end the passage narrows and drops to the mud and boulder covered bottom of the cave. The way on continues as a narrow tapering aven on the same fissure. On the passage and shaft walls there is cave popcorn and short stalactites. The bottom is covered with rock rubble and mud.
Documents
[Topo] Cave PL03 01/05/2019Bibliography 01/07/2019
History
discovery Swider 02/02/1987. The first exploration was made by A. Pietrzyk, Z. Szczepkowski and A. Wosinski on the 3 February.
Caves nearby
Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
---|---|---|---|
0.1 | Shaft PL17 - CM0217 | 13 | 13 |
0.1 | Shaft PL01 - CM0201 | 36 | 29 |
0.2 | Shaft PL15 - CM0215 | 10 | 5 |
0.2 | Cave PL02 - CM0202 | 55 | 42 |
0.2 | Cave PL12 - CM0212 | 12 | 4 |
0.2 | Cave PL07 - CM0207 | 12 | 5 |
0.3 | Shaft PL13 - CM0213 | 13 | 11 |
0.3 | Shaft PL06 - CM0206 | 7 | 7 |
0.3 | Shaft PL08 - CM0208 | 7 | 7 |