Chiker 1 (Kehf)

Bab Boudir باب بودير (Cercle de Taza دائرة تازة - MA)
34.114843,-4.046385
Length 3865m Depth 146m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

Djebel Messaoud, Middle Atlas. Taza province, Bab Boudir village. Coordinates: X=624,7 Y=391,45 (map 1:50,000 Taza). Alt. 1,342 m. BTH - 25/11/2023

Description

General description

Michael Laumanns - 29/11/2015

Formed in Lias limestones, The cave drains a subterranean streamway and has several internal pitches up to 20 m in depth. It ends downstream in a Sump at -146 m. The upstream passage, leading towards kef Friouato, has a short sump. Behind that an enormous boulder choke terminated the cave until 1982 when the SC Nantua continued the exploration. Overview map taken from Camus & Lamouroux (1981).

History

Exploration began in 1934 (Casteret 1947). Continued by the Société Spéléologique du Maroc (SSM 1953, map) in 1949 and Camus & Lamouroux (1981). Current length obtained in 1982 by the SC Nantua, who added about 500 m to the known length of the cave attempting to link it to kef Friouato, which ends less than 1,000 m to the SW extensions of rhar Chiker (see below). BTH - 25/11/2023

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174.5Chameau (Grotte du)1155
294.9Nerja (Cueva de)
315.5Boquete de Zafarraya (Cueva del)
375.2Abraham, Sima de [SA-104]25754