SIAZGI POT

(Qila Saifullāh District - PK)
30.550000,68.050000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave surveyed to a length of 102 m at a vertical range of 23.5 m (Brooks 2006.10.27 Mss: Survey Summary 2006.xls) was not only explored and surveyed to yield 102 m of passage (Brooks 2006.10.27 Mss: Cave Exploration in Pak#43C.doc) but also represents, at 2'470 m altitude, the highest known cave in Balochistan to date (Brooks, S J 2006.10.27 Mss: Cave Exploration in Pak#43C.doc). SITUATION: Somewhere on the on the summit of the impressive Siygazi Ghar / Siygazi Mountain (see… Siazgi Ghara), which forms a flat (ish) plateau / ridge some 3.5 km long, between 100 m to 900 m wide, and flanked on all side by vertical limestone cliffs up to 250 m high. The top of the mountain is reached via a long scree slope and an entertaining climb / scramble (Brooks, S J 2006.10.27 Mss: Cave Exploration in Pak#43C.doc).A cave surveyed to a length of 102 m at a vertical range of 23.5 m (Brooks 2006.10.27 Mss: Survey Summary 2006.xls) was not only explored and surveyed to yield 102 m of passage (Brooks 2006.10.27 Mss: Cave Exploration in Pak#43C.doc) but also represents, at 2'470 m altitude, the highest known cave in Balochistan to date (Brooks, S J 2006.10.27 Mss: Cave Exploration in Pak#43C.doc). SITUATION: Somewhere on the on the summit of the impressive Siygazi Ghar / Siygazi Mountain (see… Siazgi Ghara), which forms a flat (ish) plateau / ridge some 3.5 km long, between 100 m to 900 m wide, and flanked on all side by vertical limestone cliffs up to 250 m high. The top of the mountain is reached via a long scree slope and an entertaining climb / scramble (Brooks, S J 2006.10.27 Mss: Cave Exploration in Pak#43C.doc).

Documents

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Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1994: … a site first recorded in 1994 [compare –>Karki Ghara, –>Siazgi Ghara] on the summit of the impressive Siygazi Ghar / Siygazi Mountain [Brooks, S J 2006.10.27 Mss: Cave Exploration in Pak#43C.doc).2005.04.23 - 2005.05.05: Brooks, S.J. (2006.10.27 Mss: Survey Summary 2006.xls), Hayatullah 'Hayat' Durrani Khan) and others (note 1) surveyed (sic) 102 m at a vertical range of 23.5 m in one Siygazi Pot at 2470 m asl: For the final part of the expedition the team returned to the Loralia area to look at a site first recorded in 1994 [compare –>Karki Ghara] on the summit of the impressive Siygazi Ghar / Siygazi Mountain [Brooks, S.J. 2006.10.27 Mss: Cave Exploration in Pak#43C.doc]. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0KAOTHARA GHARA, Siazgi
0.0KARKI GHARA
0.0KAWRA GHARA
0.0KHAZANA GHARA
0.0SIAZGI GHARA
0.0SIAZGI LOOKOUT CAVE
20.8Chauter Ghara 1
20.8Chauter Ghara 2
21.3OGRAHA GAT GHARA 3