TELLIPALAI CAVE

Jaffna (Jaffna District - LK)
9.783300,80.033300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Tennent, James Emerson 1859, 1860.

Histoire

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
5.2KEERIMALAI SNAKE CAVE
5.2KEERIMALAI SPRING
5.8TIDAL WELL, Navakkeeri
8.3MANIPAY SUBSIDENCE
10.4TIDAL WELL, Puttur
12.6PERIYA MANDAPAM, Kerudavil
12.6SINNA MANDAPAM
84.7KARUNGALAKUDI HILLS (Caves in)
116.6MEERAN SAHIB (Cave of)