KIBEK CAVE

(Gyalshing - IN)
27.433300,88.175000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 30/03/2016

The suspicious place name »Kibek Cave« is shown on maps (note 1). SITUATION: About two or three kilometres on foot approximately NNW of –>Bakhim (N27°25': E88°11': 2740 m) on the trek from Yuksom (Yaksum, Yoksum, Yuksam N27°22'30”: E88°13': 1780 m asl) north-west to Dzongri (Jongri, Zongri N27°28': E88°09': 4025 m asl) and Goecha La (Goechala, Guicha La, 4940 m asl).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 30/03/2016

NOTE 1: Marked »Cave« on SIKKIM HIMALAYA 1: 150,00 (edited by Bossart, R.F. for Schweizerische Stiftung für Alpine Forschungen 1981) and SIKKIM 1: 200,00 (edited by Poovendran, P. for TTK Pharma, Madras 1995).

Documents

Bibliography 30/03/2016
  • Sikkim 1: 150'000 (edited by Poovendran, P for TTK Pharma, Madras 1995).

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2.0DECHEN PHUG, Dzongri, Jongri, Zongri
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8.5NARBUGANG
8.5KYONGDEY
8.5CHE CHO PHUG
8.6DUPHUG
10.4LHARI NYING PHUG
11.1ZOOM ROCK GARDEN CAVE
12.2DECHEN PHUG, Netham: YESHE TSOGYAL PHUG