Tombo Apale Cave 2

(Cheringoma - MZ)
-18.384444,34.966667
Longueur 23m Profondeur 4m
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Michael Laumanns - 25/11/2015

Dimba village, Chidanga zone, Cheringoma district, Sofala province. 34°58'00'’E: 18°23'04" N (GPS WGS84), ca. 270 m asl. Surveyed on 27 Aug. 1998 by Herbert Daniel Gebauer, Adriano Germano and Michael Laumanns (BCRA-Grade 4b). Length; 23 m. Vertical range: +4 m. Small dry rift passage with some side passages and three entrances in a rock shelter near a dry valley. The cave seems to be a hiding place for the locals. Many recent bones were found (porcupine, bovine and warthog). Tombo Apale Cave 2 neither contain bats nor speleothemes.

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.3Ninga Tombo Apale416
0.3Tombo Apale Cave 3186
0.7Tombo Apale Cave 4474
1.3Ninga Niamagingiri1657
1.3Ninga rego Swere10110
1.9Ninga Macie [Cementary Cave]55
6.8Larger Umbira Cave1068
7.0Smaller Umbira Cave
15.3Ninga Manguenje18810