U LIEH (Krem)

(Saipung - IN)
25.326400,92.496700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The vertical cave entrance (in 1998 about 6 m by 4 m wide and mere 4 m deep) of a pothole descended down into a lost cave passage with a disputable name (note 1) and dubious identity (note 2), which has been said to have been blocked / covered when the road connecting Sutnga with Nongkhlieh and was built. SITUATION: About 10 m below the road and about 50 m from the road junction (note 3) where the roads between Sutnga, Tangnub (Tangnoob) and Nongkhlieh meet on the western scarp of the Shnongrim Ridge. Geologically just below the edge of the caprock (Kopili shales) in the uppermost section of the Kopili Limestone (Kopili Formation).The vertical cave entrance (in 1998 about 6 m by 4 m wide and mere 4 m deep) of a pothole descended down into a lost cave passage with a disputable name (note 1) and dubious identity (note 2), which has been said to have been blocked / covered when the road connecting Sutnga with Nongkhlieh and was built. SITUATION: About 10 m below the road and about 50 m from the road junction (note 3) where the roads between Sutnga, Tangnub (Tangnoob) and Nongkhlieh meet on the western scarp of the Shnongrim Ridge. Geologically just below the edge of the caprock (Kopili shales) in the uppermost section of the Kopili Limestone (Kopili Formation).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1998.02.26: Agnes Lakhiang reported the cave name Krem U Lieh to Brian D. Kharpran Daly and Donbokwell Syiemlieh in company with Anthony 'Tony' R Jarratt and Brian Johnson, who, guided by Milan Lamare, visited the pothole cave entrance later in the day. 1999.03.29: B. D. Kharpran Daly, Paul Edmunds, H. Daniel Gebauer, Gregory D. Diengdoh and 10 senior students of Wells Cathedral School located the cave once more, guided by Kyrshan Dhar and John Patlong, under the auspices of Shanglang Bamon and Thiklang Chyrmang. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1UMSO, Sutnga (Krem)
0.1BROILED CUSTARD POTHOLE (aa -)
0.4SOIDA (Krem)
0.4SNAIT, Tongseng (Krem)
0.4CHURCHILL CAVE, 1st (aa -)
0.5KDONG MULIAR (Krem)
0.5CRAB CLAW CAVE (aa -)
0.5SAR (Krem)
0.5CHURCHILL CAVE, 2nd (aa -)