KRISHNAMMAKONA CAVE (Gebauer 1996)
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Description
Two cave entrances (width by height: 2 m by 4.5 m and 2 by 1 m) in north-west facing a cliff give access to an entrance chamber (5 m wide, up to 4 m high and 10 m long) with traces of (archaeological?) excavation. A crawl in the back of the chamber leads to altogether 150 m of predominately low bedding cave passage with some phreatic corrossion avens. Rosario Ruggieri (personal communication) identified light coloured relics of infilling as marine sediments. SITUATION: About 600 m west of Krishnammakona railway station (N15°30'07”: E078°15'02” Everest 1830, Survey of India sheet 57-i/06 edition 1982), and less than 100 m south of the railway line. CAVE CLIMATE: The temperature in the cave air was slightly above 28°C on 14th December 1996. CAVE LIFE: On 14th December 1996 I counted about 200 individuals of what looked like leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera) and various, unspecified "creepy crawlies" (bat guano dwellers).
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Bibliography 05/04/2016History
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1956 - 1957: K. V. Soundara Rajan and Dr. R. V. Johsi of the Prehistory Branch of the Department of Archaeology made an unsuccessful trial excavation in »Kishnamakona Gavi« (HASLAM, M et al. 2010: 12, 19 note 93 after SOUNDARA RAJAN & JOSHI 1956-1957 published 1958: 9). 1996.12.14: H. D. Gebauer, Iolanda Galletti, Renate Kalmbach, Uwe Kalmbach, M. Narayana Reddy, Rosario Ruggieri, Vittorio Santoro and Werner Busch mapped and explored.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.9 | KRISHNAMMAKONA CAVE 2 | ||
| 0.9 | KRISHNAMMAKONA CAVE 3 | ||
| 0.9 | KRISHNAMMAKONA CAVE 4 | ||
| 1.2 | KRISHNAMMAKONA CAVE 1 | ||
| 1.3 | KRISHNAMMAKONA CAVE (Cammiade 1927) | ||
| 2.1 | KRISHNAMMAKONA CAVE 5 | ||
| 6.7 | SANYASULA GAVI | ||
| 7.5 | BUGGANIPALLE CAVES | ||
| 7.5 | SANYASI CAVE, Bugganipalle (Dutt 1981) |