BHATGAON BOREHOLE CAVES

Raipur (Raipur Tahsil - IN)
21.150000,81.700000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 23/03/2016

A void hit by chance while drilling limestone: »The exploratory drilling programme of the Public Health Department … has brought to light existence of cavities [conduits] rangig in vertical extend from a few cm [centimetres] to as much as 2 m … in the Charmuria limestones around Bhatagaon [sic!] up to a depth of about 90 m« (ADYALKAR & PHADTARE 1972: 385; ADYALKAR & RAMANNA 1980: 50). SITUATION 1: Bhatgaon N21°09': E081°42' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) with ancient ruins and a tank, lies about 12 km in a direct line SSE of Raipur (N21°14': E081°38') but another SITUATION 2: Bhatgaon N21°04': E081°38' (AMS sheet NF44-11 Raipur, U502 series 1960 edition) lies about 18.5 km in a direct line due south of Raipur (N21°14': E081°38').

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Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0BHATGAON BLEBBY CAVE
11.6KHARUN KARSTIC RESURGENCE
11.9RAIPUR ARTESIAN SPRING
14.3NAWAGAON SINKING, Mangalore River
36.3SIRIKALAN SINKING, Sukha River
37.2SARGI RESURGENCE, Rajim
38.3KHARORA ARTESIAN SPRING
51.7KAUADIH
57.6CHITAWAR SPRING