Cave NA0096
19.430396,101.053033
Location
From the road back down the hill from Ban Mani Phruk there is a good track leading north at 47Q 715390 2148900. Follow this track for about 1.25km to the doline with the cave, with is just past a farm building
Description
equipment
P10 - can be bypassed P9 - main belay is a rock then two anchors for a Y hang over the main drop.
Fauna
Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) (unpublished record)
Topographie
SMCC February 2014 - UISv2 6-3-BF Ellis, Martin (2015b)
From the entrance a scramble down some boulders for a few metres brings one to a 10m drop. This can be bypassed via a descending boulder floored passage on the right and the next obstactle is a 9m pitch which is a blind pot. There is a stream sink in the same doline as this cave.
Documents
[Topo] Cave NA0096 14/05/2019Bibliography 07/10/2020
- ELLIS, MARTIN (2012a) "Ban Mani Phruk Expedition 2012" Shepton Mallet Caving Club 39pp Ellis, Martin (2014) "Ban Mani Phruk Expedition 2014" Shepton Mallet Caving Club 53pp Ellis, Martin (2015b) "Ban Mani Phruk Expeditions 2012-2014, Nan, Thailand" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 4 pp146-185 Ellis, Martin (2015d) "Caves of Doi Phuka National Park" privately published, April 2015, 81pp
Histoire
First explored by the SMCC in February 2012, the pitch was descended and the cave surveyed in February 2014.
Cavités proche
| Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | Cave NA0095 | 5 | 2 |
| 0.5 | Shaft NA0097 | 9 | 9 |
| 1.0 | Sink NA0098 | ||
| 1.3 | Sink NA0099 | ||
| 1.5 | Tham Pha Phueng - NA0043 | 4750 | 476 |
| 1.6 | Huai Nam Dan Sink - NA0046 | ||
| 1.6 | Shaft NA0070 - NA0070 | 8 | 8 |
| 1.6 | Sink NA0094 | ||
| 1.6 | Sink NA0093 |