PIROKEL 2 (Cave at)

(ولسوالی اجرستان - AF)
33.413600,67.052200
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Number 76 of LINDBERG (1962a: 9), part 2, without specific information, is the second of the four Grottes de Pir-Khil in the upper reaches of the Jaghuri (Djagouri = Arghandab / Avghandab rud), about 5 km north-east of Bareki (note 1) in Ajiristan (Adjiristan), Oruzgan (Orozgan) district. Keywords: Soot, human occupation, Muslim religious retreat, troglodyte hermitage, straw, sheep dung, stable, cave life.Number 76 of LINDBERG (1962a: 9), part 2, without specific information, is the second of the four Grottes de Pir-Khil in the upper reaches of the Jaghuri (Djagouri = Arghandab / Avghandab rud), about 5 km north-east of Bareki (note 1) in Ajiristan (Adjiristan), Oruzgan (Orozgan) district. Keywords: Soot, human occupation, Muslim religious retreat, troglodyte hermitage, straw, sheep dung, stable, cave life.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1960.06.13: Knut LINDBERG (1962a: 9-10) visited, took an altimeter reading, explored, and collected cave life. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0PIROKEL 1 (Cave at)
0.0PIROKEL 3 (Cave at)
0.0PIROKEL 4 (Cave at)
0.0GHAR KHARGOLAK (Caves at)
5.3Khum Tangi (Durrani Khan 1999) (Cave in the)
24.7SHAHQURGHAN (Caves at)
33.0LANGAR KHEL / Langarkheyl (Cave at)
52.8Tapa Zaytun (Grotta del)
52.9Sangdara (Grotta del)