LANGU GAVI

(Peapally - IN)
15.194200,77.828600
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 07/04/2016

A relatively small, square shaped cave entrance, measuring roughly one metre in square, leads to joint guided cave passages of crawling size. Obviously a dry cave throughout the year. At two places, 2 m climbs up gain an overlying cave level. Compare –>Chandrapalle cave. SITUATION: About 2 km in a direct line south-south-east of –>Chandrapalle, within Jaladurgam Reserved Forest in the Payasamrangareddipalli (Pasumanpalli) area and hidden by vegetation at the bottom of a small limestone cliff at a height a few metres above the riverbed of an unidentified nala in an area were a bunch of pig hunters, equipped with lances, were met with. CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: Apparent signs of (archaeological?) excavations. CAVE CLIMATE: Temperature in the air was quite warm at 32°C on 22nd December 1996. CAVE LIFE: No bats were seen but bat droppings (keywords: guano, Chiroptera) covered surfaces.

Documents

Bibliography 07/04/2016

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1996.12.22: H. Daniel Gebauer and Rosario Ruggieri mapped and explored. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 07/04/2016

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
2.4CHANDRAPALLE CAVE
3.3GOPAMA GAVI
5.1KURUVA BALI GAVI
6.0PANCHALINGALASWAMI GUHA, Pasumanpalli
10.1Kona Rameshvaram Daddi Guha
10.7MUNAGAMANU GAVI
12.3JUVVIMANI GAVI
13.5KAMBHAGIRISWAMI HOLE
22.7GOOTY CAVERN (Newbold 1845)