Pwanda N°1

(Buzi - MZ)
-19.912694,34.137833
Longueur 47m Profondeur 12m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

Mutanda zone, Buzi district, Sofala province. GPS (WGS84) S 19°54'45.7’’ / E 34°08 16,2". ca. 65 m asl. Surveyed on 23 Aug 1999 by Artur Fernandes, Michael Laumanns and Jens Römer (BCRA-Grade 4b). Length: 47,00 m. Vertical range: -12,00 m. m? The cave is probably identical with „Caverna Buzi No. 34” (VACHAMUTECO 1982). Pwanda No. 1 is situated about 1 km north of the road crossing between the W-E track in the north and the road along the east of the karst occurrence. Michael Laumanns - 28/11/2015

Description

Michael Laumanns - 28/11/2015

The entrance is a big roof collapse (10 x 4 m wide) with a massive tree root. The descent is sloping down to a depth of 4 m followed by a 5 m deep free hanging section (steel rope ladder). The entrance shaft opens into a wide phreatic gallery with a tunnel shaped cross-section of 7 m width and 5 m height. After about 20 m the passage turns to the right and has another small daylight hole in the roof. 15 m further on the big tunnel ends abruptly in a tight crawl which is blocked by boulders. Pwanda No. 1 contains nearly no calcite formations and just a few bats. No relevant guano deposits. No evidence of conglomerate infillings. An air temperature of 19,0°C was measured.

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