Canyon 1, Salang (Grotte du)

(ولسوالی سالنگ - AF)
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Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave in two parts. The first, with a daylight window, ascends to end in a 1.5 m high aven 6 vertical metres above the threshhold. The second gallery ends in boulders clogging a collapse (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1975: 14, cave plan on page 13). SITUATION: Five walking minutes from kilometre stone 101.1 on the road from Kabul to Mazar-i Sharif, and 6 m above the floor of a canyon which enters Salang River from the left. CAVE LIFE: Said to be used by wild animals (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1975: 14).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Spéléologie Afghane 1975.

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1975 August: Claude Chabert mapped (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1975: 14). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0P. K. 103.2, Salang (Grotte du)
0.0P. K. 102.1, Salang (Grotte du)
0.0Canyon 2, Salang (Grotte du)
0.0CANYON 3, Salang (Grotte du)
0.0Salang (Grotte-résurgence de la)
0.0JON (Ghar i)
0.0HOTEL, Salang (Grotte de la)
0.6Ab Bar Amara (Ghar)
0.6Kaftar Khana