DIWA CHIRING CHIGNAP

(Ranikor - IN)
25.212500,91.005500
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A sinkhole, approximately 30 m wide, which starts with a 10 m drop requiring tackle, is situated (note 1) about one kilometer on foot along a well-trodden footpath approximately north-west from Rongdanggai (Rongdangkai) village and beyond –>Rongdanggai Songacham Rongkol. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1 (Neil Sootinck 2003.02.20, personal communication): Wakak Chiring 2 is an undescended pothole, estimated to be 20 m deep (tackle!) and 30 m wide, luring with what appears to be a passage off the bottom. CAVE DESCRIPTION 2 (Herbert Jantschke 2005.02.26 Mss: Survey Book): Sink, Felsenschacht ~8 m (swallow hole, rock pot, about 8 m). CAVE DESCRIPTION 3 (Herbert Jantschke 2005.02.26 Mss: Fahrtenbericht Meghalaya 2005.04.17 published 2006: 156): Diwa Chiring Chignap starts with a 10m-drop and is even more washed out than –>Rongdangai Songitcham Rongkol (also: Wakchak Chiring 1): Diwa Chiring Chignap […] ist sogar noch etwas ausgespülter als die erste Versinkung, besitzt aber leider ebenfalls einen 10 m tefen Abbruch als Einstieg.efen Abbruch als Einstieg.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2003.02.20: Rabina A. Marak guided Neil Sootinck to Wakak Chiring 2 sinkhole. 2005.02.26: Elvis AA (perhaps: Marak) guided Christine Jantschke, Herbert Jantschke, Christian W. Fischer and Thilo Müller to the sinkhole Diwa Chiring Chignap (JANTSCHKE 2006: 156). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.3RONGDANGGAI SONGACHAM RONGKOL
0.6RONGDANGGAI RONGKOL
0.7TETENG NOKKIM
0.9MONDIL QUARRY KOL
1.0MONDIL KOL 2
1.0MONDIL KOL 3
1.0MONDIL KOL 4
1.0MONDIL KOL 1
1.0MORASORA RONGKOL