TELLIPALAI CAVE
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Description
The sinking of a well at the village of Tellipalai or Tellipallai, Tellippalai, Tillipalli and Tillipally (note 1) resulted at a depth of 4.3 m in an artificial (man-made) entrance to cave of unknown extension, drowned in more than 10 m of water (TENNENT 1859, 1860 vol. 1: 21), which is … entirely unaflected as to its level by any rains, and exhibits no alteration of its depths on either monsoon (TENNENT 1859, 1860 vol. 1: 23) while the water level in –>Tidal Well (Puttur) abd –>Tidal Well (Navakkeeri) rises and falls in accordance with the tide. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1859: Workers sinking a wall shaft came at a depth of fourteen feet [4.3 m] … to the ubiquitous coral, the crust of which gave way, and showed a cavern below containing the water they were in search of, with a depth of more than thirty-three feet [10 m]. It is remarkable that the well at Tillipalli preserves its depth at all seasons alike, uninfluenced by rains or drought. … the well at Tillipalli is entirely unaffected as toits level by any rains, and exhibits no alteration of its depths on either monsoon (TENNENT 1859, 1860 vol. 1: 21, 23). CAVE POTENTIAL - prospects: Perhaps a diving spot worth checking out.its level by any rains, and exhibits no alteration of its depths on either monsoon (TENNENT 1859, 1860 vol. 1: 21, 23). CAVE POTENTIAL - prospects: Perhaps a diving spot worth checking out.
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Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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5.2 | KEERIMALAI SNAKE CAVE | ||
5.2 | KEERIMALAI SPRING | ||
5.8 | TIDAL WELL, Navakkeeri | ||
8.3 | MANIPAY SUBSIDENCE | ||
10.4 | TIDAL WELL, Puttur | ||
12.6 | PERIYA MANDAPAM, Kerudavil | ||
12.6 | SINNA MANDAPAM | ||
84.7 | KARUNGALAKUDI HILLS (Caves in) | ||
116.6 | MEERAN SAHIB (Cave of) |