Bashungwe Cave
(Hurungwe - ZW)
-17.116667,29.116667
-17.116667,29.116667
Length 457m
Description
"Bashungwe Cave was shown to us by a villager. It has a large downward sloping main chamber, 70 m long. There is lots of guano in the cave and of course many bats. Evidence of habitation by civet cats was also noted. Total length was 457 m""www.darklife.co.za/Caves/5.Other_areas/Zimbabwe/Ch… Darklife > Caves and Caving in the Cape > Caves of Chinhoyi
(Hurongwe District) Co-ordinates: E 029°07°, S 17°07’. Surveyed by the SASA 94 expedition. Several entrances and a large bat colony. Huge sloping chamber (70 m long x 25 m wide x 5 m high). Description, map and length according to Truluck (1994b, 2005).
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 15.5 | Chimsoro Cave | 532 | |
| 111.2 | Chinhoyi Caves | ||
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| 1423.3 | Maji-Maji Cave | 259 | |
| 1424.3 | Likolongomba | 93 | |
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