SHUTAR GARDAN karst area

(خوښی ولسوالۍ - AF)
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Huge masses of naked limestone rock cropping out in every direction (MARKHAM 1879a: 48 after Peter Lumsden 1857- 1858) are situated on pass Shutar- Gardan (note 1): From Hazaradarakht [thousand trees] the Shutar-Gardan Pass (Camel's neck) is reached, which crosses the Safid- Koh. The Shutar- Gardan is 11,200 feet [3414 m note 2] above the sea. The descent into the Logar Valley [note 3] is long and steep, with sharp zig-zags. The pass is overhung with huge masses of naked limestone rock cropping out in every direction, and the mountains have a rugged aspect. The country between the Paiwar [note 4] and Shutar-Gardan passes, comprising the Upper Kurram Valley, is called Huryab by Elphinstone [note 5], and is the Iryâb of Tamur's historians [note 2].Huge masses of naked limestone rock cropping out in every direction (MARKHAM 1879a: 48 after Peter Lumsden 1857- 1858) are situated on pass Shutar- Gardan (note 1): From Hazaradarakht [thousand trees] the Shutar-Gardan Pass (Camel's neck) is reached, which crosses the Safid- Koh. The Shutar- Gardan is 11,200 feet [3414 m note 2] above the sea. The descent into the Logar Valley [note 3] is long and steep, with sharp zig-zags. The pass is overhung with huge masses of naked limestone rock cropping out in every direction, and the mountains have a rugged aspect. The country between the Paiwar [note 4] and Shutar-Gardan passes, comprising the Upper Kurram Valley, is called Huryab by Elphinstone [note 5], and is the Iryâb of Tamur's historians [note 2].

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Markham, Clements R 1879a.

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1857- 1858: The Lumsden Mission to Kandahar went up to Kurram Pass (MARKHAM 1879: 50). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
20.9BURG, Sorkh Ab (Caves at)
26.8SORKH AB 1 (Cave at)
26.8SORKH AB 2 (Cave at)
34.1SANG-e SURAKH GHAR, Muhhammad Agha
45.8Sang-e Surakh, Muhhammad Agha
50.3BUDEEABAD & TEZEEN (Caves between)
53.6Rustam's Well [Puits de Rustam]
57.7KAFTAR GHAR, Sang Novichteh
58.1Baba Haji (Ghar-e)