AMKPAI (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to an allegedly 36 m long kind of seasonal cave of engulfment in a closed depression [note 1] (Elvidge, E 2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai; BOYES, P W 2000 s.a.: 4, 7). ETYMOLOGY: The meaning and origin of the name of the -am- or stream (note 2) called -kipai [note 3]- (Elvidge, E 2000.02.18 Mss: Amlariang) or -kpai [note 4]- (Elvidge, E 2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai) has not been discovered. SITUATION 2000a: Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge (2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai) places Krem Amkpai (sic!) in an unspecified closed depression (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified peculiar characteristics) that lies at a travelling distance of 3 km from an unidentified point at the village of Nongtalang approximately north towards Jowai (25°27'N: 92°12'E) and an estimated 25 m north of a road.The solitary and disputable GPS reading, which has been ecorded for the cave entrance to Krem Amkpai (note 5), indicates a spot that lies about 2.16 km in a direct line approximately north-east (circa 059°) of the Nongtalang Inspection Bungalow (note 6). SITUATION 2000b: Elizabeth “Lizzie- Elvidge (2000.02.18 Mss: Amlariang) places the cave entrance to Krem Amkipai (sic!) 200 m east of Krem –>Amlariang but 2 m (GPS) lower down. CAVE DESCRIPTION: Two cave entrances with an unidentified shape (one 2 m wide and 8 m high, the other 2 m wide and 4 m high) face into an unidentified direction, lie in an unidentified spatial relation to each other and give access to canyon passages in thinly bedded limestone showing extensive shelf features [note 7]. Tight juvenile lower section. High level fossil [sic! for: relic, abandoned by flowing water] passages. Roof bedding containing large quantity of non-active speleotherms [sic] (Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge 2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai) or, more likely, speleothems that gave the impression of being dry when loked at on 18th February 2002 and close to the most dry days of the dry season. CAVE LIFE: Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge (2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai), literally quoted, noticed an unidentified number of unspecified, relatively small and large bats [conf. Chiroptera] in upper series and spiders (Arachnidae: Aranea: conf. Sparassidae: Heteropoda sp.) but we can safely assume that the bats did not exactly dwell in upper series and spiders.ecorded for the cave entrance to Krem Amkpai (note 5), indicates a spot that lies about 2.16 km in a direct line approximately north-east (circa 059°) of the Nongtalang Inspection Bungalow (note 6). SITUATION 2000b: Elizabeth “Lizzie- Elvidge (2000.02.18 Mss: Amlariang) places the cave entrance to Krem Amkipai (sic!) 200 m east of Krem –>Amlariang but 2 m (GPS) lower down. CAVE DESCRIPTION: Two cave entrances with an unidentified shape (one 2 m wide and 8 m high, the other 2 m wide and 4 m high) face into an unidentified direction, lie in an unidentified spatial relation to each other and give access to canyon passages in thinly bedded limestone showing extensive shelf features [note 7]. Tight juvenile lower section. High level fossil [sic! for: relic, abandoned by flowing water] passages. Roof bedding containing large quantity of non-active speleotherms [sic] (Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge 2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai) or, more likely, speleothems that gave the impression of being dry when loecorded for the cave entrance to Krem Amkpai (note 5), indicates a spot that lies about 2.16 km in a direct line approximately north-east (circa 059°) of the Nongtalang Inspection Bungalow (note 6). SITUATION 2000b: Elizabeth “Lizzie- Elvidge (2000.02.18 Mss: Amlariang) places the cave entrance to Krem Amkipai (sic!) 200 m east of Krem –>Amlariang but 2 m (GPS) lower down. CAVE DESCRIPTION: Two cave entrances with an unidentified shape (one 2 m wide and 8 m high, the other 2 m wide and 4 m high) face into an unidentified direction, lie in an unidentified spatial relation to each other and give access to canyon passages in thinly bedded limestone showing extensive shelf features [note 7]. Tight juvenile lower section. High level fossil [sic! for: relic, abandoned by flowing water] passages. Roof bedding containing large quantity of non-active speleotherms [sic] (Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge 2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai) or, more likely, speleothems that gave the impression of being dry when loecorded for the cave entrance to Krem Amkpai (note 5), indicates a spot that lies about 2.16 km in a direct line approximately north-east (circa 059°) of the Nongtalang Inspection Bungalow (note 6). SITUATION 2000b: Elizabeth “Lizzie- Elvidge (2000.02.18 Mss: Amlariang) places the cave entrance to Krem Amkipai (sic!) 200 m east of Krem –>Amlariang but 2 m (GPS) lower down. CAVE DESCRIPTION: Two cave entrances with an unidentified shape (one 2 m wide and 8 m high, the other 2 m wide and 4 m high) face into an unidentified direction, lie in an unidentified spatial relation to each other and give access to canyon passages in thinly bedded limestone showing extensive shelf features [note 7]. Tight juvenile lower section. High level fossil [sic! for: relic, abandoned by flowing water] passages. Roof bedding containing large quantity of non-active speleotherms [sic] (Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge 2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai) or, more likely, speleothems that gave the impression of being dry when loecorded for the cave entrance to Krem Amkpai (note 5), indicates a spot that lies about 2.16 km in a direct line approximately north-east (circa 059°) of the Nongtalang Inspection Bungalow (note 6). SITUATION 2000b: Elizabeth “Lizzie- Elvidge (2000.02.18 Mss: Amlariang) places the cave entrance to Krem Amkipai (sic!) 200 m east of Krem –>Amlariang but 2 m (GPS) lower down. CAVE DESCRIPTION: Two cave entrances with an unidentified shape (one 2 m wide and 8 m high, the other 2 m wide and 4 m high) face into an unidentified direction, lie in an unidentified spatial relation to each other and give access to canyon passages in thinly bedded limestone showing extensive shelf features [note 7]. Tight juvenile lower section. High level fossil [sic! for: relic, abandoned by flowing water] passages. Roof bedding containing large quantity of non-active speleotherms [sic] (Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge 2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai) or, more likely, speleothems that gave the impression of being dry when loked at on 18th February 2002 and close to the most dry days of the dry season. CAVE LIFE: Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge (2000.02.18 Mss: Amkpai), literally quoted, noticed an unidentified number of unspecified, relatively small and large bats [conf. Chiroptera] in upper series and spiders (Arachnidae: Aranea: conf. Sparassidae: Heteropoda sp.) but we can safely assume that the bats did not exactly dwell in upper series and spiders.