KYNTURSNIANG (Krem hajan)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Little has become known of a kind of -cave- (or so), except the disputable cave name Krem Kynto Sriang (Brooks, S J 2012.08.15: Meghalaya 2012 - Mawsynram GPS Locations 15-8-2012.doc) and a GPS position. ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified (if it exists) for what has been named after the nearby village, which is indicated as Kyntursniang (note 1) on the Survey of India 1974 edition of the toposheet 78-O/11 and Brooks, S J (2012.08.15: Meghalaya 2012 - Mawsynram GPS Locations 15-8-2012.doc) recorded as Kynto Sniang (note 2). SITUATION: In an unspecified type of surroundings (setting) but probably on the Shillong Plateau and on an interfluve (region between the valleys of adjacent watercourses) between the rivers Umngi (Um Ngi) in the northwest and the Khasimara in the southwest. The GPS position recorded for the entrance to the Krem Kynto Sriang (note 3) indicates a location that lies a) about 3 km in a direct line southwest from the villag of Mawsynram (25°17'50”N: 91°35'10”E: circa 1400 m) b) about 1.5 km approximately SSW (-1.3 km north and -0.7 km east) from the Mawsynram I.B. (P.W.D.) near (±100 m) 25°17'10”N: 91°34'40”E c) just outside (southeast) the village of Kyntursniang (26°16'25”N: 91°34'02”E to 25°16'40”N: 91°34'10”E) d) adjacent northeast to a path leading towards the village of Phlangsynnoi (±250 m 25°15'25”N: 91°36'05”E: 1178 m) and e) in a terrain where the geological map (PALMER 1924 plate 27) indicates arenaceous Cretaceous in the sense of Upper Cretaceous: Upper Maestrichtian to Lower Palaeocene (Bhattacharya & Bhattacharya 1978) or Danian (Mathur & Evans 1964) calcareous shale, sandy limestone and fine calcareous sandstone (Roy Chowdhury 1974) of the Langpar (Medlicott 1869) Formation. of Mawsynram (25°17'50”N: 91°35'10”E: circa 1400 m) b) about 1.5 km approximately SSW (-1.3 km north and -0.7 km east) from the Mawsynram I.B. (P.W.D.) near (±100 m) 25°17'10”N: 91°34'40”E c) just outside (southeast) the village of Kyntursniang (26°16'25”N: 91°34'02”E to 25°16'40”N: 91°34'10”E) d) adjacent northeast to a path leading towards the village of Phlangsynnoi (±250 m 25°15'25”N: 91°36'05”E: 1178 m) and e) in a terrain where the geological map (PALMER 1924 plate 27) indicates arenaceous Cretaceous in the sense of Upper Cretaceous: Upper Maestrichtian to Lower Palaeocene (Bhattacharya & Bhattacharya 1978) or Danian (Mathur & Evans 1964) calcareous shale, sandy limestone and fine calcareous sandstone (Roy Chowdhury 1974) of the Langpar (Medlicott 1869) Formation.