UM UWE SKIN (Cave near)

(Shella Bholaganj - IN)
25.195700,91.637900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An undescended shaft breaching the local sandstone caprock, elliptical in ground plan, and presumably 30 m or 40 m deep. ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known cave name has been identified for what had been christened First Cave at Shella or, in Khasi, Krem poh Shella u Weisien (note 1) but ended up deranged as a Krem Um Uwe Skin (sic!). SITUATION: The location of this cave entrance is problematic insofar as it was understood to lie in one way or another near (note 2) Krem Shella Jalsir (3rd AA Cave Shella) but the recorded GPS position indicates a point at a very unlikely spot (note 3) in the pebble-covered riverbed of the Umiew (Umiang, Shella River) below Disong.An undescended shaft breaching the local sandstone caprock, elliptical in ground plan, and presumably 30 m or 40 m deep. ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known cave name has been identified for what had been christened First Cave at Shella or, in Khasi, Krem poh Shella u Weisien (note 1) but ended up deranged as a Krem Um Uwe Skin (sic!). SITUATION: The location of this cave entrance is problematic insofar as it was understood to lie in one way or another near (note 2) Krem Shella Jalsir (3rd AA Cave Shella) but the recorded GPS position indicates a point at a very unlikely spot (note 3) in the pebble-covered riverbed of the Umiew (Umiang, Shella River) below Disong.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2001.02.23: Helen Harper, Rob Harper and Stuart McManus, probably assisted by unidentified guides and communicators (no names mentioned), examined or visited the entrance. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0SHELLA (McManus 2001) 2nd (Cave near)
0.2SHELLA JALSIR (Cave near)
0.6PHLANKARUH Cave 3 (Lum Mawshun 2002)
0.6LYBA (Cave near)
0.8MAWPHUH (Krem)
0.9MAWTYNNOM (Krem)
1.1MAWIONG, Shella (Krem)
1.2WAH 'LAWBAH (Krem)
1.2RAMSONG POT HOLE, Mustoh