BELGAUM CELLARS

Belagavi (Belagavi taluku - IN)
15.866700,74.500000
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A series of dark cellars in the fort of Belgaum (BROSSET 1962c: 590) are probably man-made rock chambers (undergrounds) excavated from laterite. CAVE LIFE: BROSSET (1962c: 590) had collected in one October (1960?) two out of 25 or 30 Megaderma lyra Geoffroy 1810 bats (Chiroptera) from Belgaum … Series of dark cellars … and describes this bat as … of large size with long ears, a mobile head, living usually in small colonies. Individuals are seen hanging from ceilings. They are shy. If caught, this bat defends itself with extreme vigoot and bites severely.

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Histoire

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0BELGAUM ROCK TEMPLE, Buddhist
0.0BELGAUM ROCK TEMPLE, Hindu
28.1KOLIK CAVE
38.1HIRANYKESHI (Cave at)
44.2GOKAK CAVITIES
44.2GOKAK CAVE
44.2Gokak Fissure
70.8VARAHI SIDDESHWARA GAVI
82.0SIDDESHWARAGAVI