ROMATURANKOL

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An east-facing cave entrance (12.5 m wide, 5 m high, tilted by -20° to the south) leads to a 21 m long exsurgence cave passage, which arrives from a more than a metre deep sump. The entrance lies somewhat hidden behind a -dam- of boulders fallen from above and leads to a sandy passage that soon becomes a wet passage. Parts of the sandstone ceiling are covered with flowstone and -bacon- curtains (speleothems). The strata dip by approximately 10 to 15° south-east. SITUATION: Some 50 m from the right (north-eastern) bank of the river Khimrang (a tributary to the Rompa (Rompha) and about 165 m in a direct line approximately NNW (155 m north, -56 m east) from the main entrance to –>Sang Kni Ikgilram. CULTURAL HISTORY - Human use, fishing ground: In February 2002 Blen Marak renovated a small dam which had been erected just inside the cave to catch fish. In December of the same year, however, the small dam was found to have been washed away during the monsoon. PROSPECTS: The sump appears to e penetrable and the water seems to come from –>Sang Kni Ikgilram, which lies, according to not very reliable GPS readings, approximately 150 m further south-east.CAVE LIFE: Crayfish (Crustacea).