MUMMIYA GHAR, Or Dobolagh

(شاه ولي کوټ ولسوالۍ - AF)
32.379400,66.084200
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A triangular cave entrance (up to 2 m wide, 1.5 m high and about 4 m long) gives access to a small talus cave (note 1) with an impenetrable continuation on the left-hand side. CAVE CONTENTS: Small roundish speleothems (concrétions granulées). The floor consists of yellowish coloured earth (terre). The guide said it contains -bitumen.- SITUATION: This cave lies about 40vertical metres above the adjacent plain and near the summit of a small limestone hill (without recognised name) which is characterised by water rising from four (karst?) springs at its foot. The hill lies somewhere near Or Dobolagh (note 2), a small town placed at a distance of 125 km (along the motorable road) from Kandahar (note 3) via Dahlah (note 4) to Tirine (Vahnaï) (note 5).A triangular cave entrance (up to 2 m wide, 1.5 m high and about 4 m long) gives access to a small talus cave (note 1) with an impenetrable continuation on the left-hand side. CAVE CONTENTS: Small roundish speleothems (concrétions granulées). The floor consists of yellowish coloured earth (terre). The guide said it contains -bitumen.- SITUATION: This cave lies about 40vertical metres above the adjacent plain and near the summit of a small limestone hill (without recognised name) which is characterised by water rising from four (karst?) springs at its foot. The hill lies somewhere near Or Dobolagh (note 2), a small town placed at a distance of 125 km (along the motorable road) from Kandahar (note 3) via Dahlah (note 4) to Tirine (Vahnaï) (note 5).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1960.06.20: Knut LINDBERG (1962a: 8) visited, took an altimeter reading, explored, and tried to collect cave life. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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