LAD PHUD KHONGPONG (Krem)
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Description
Two or three cave entrances (one of them a small daylight window) give access to about 300 m of nearly straight walking passage and some 450 m of side passages. ETYMOLOGY: The Khasi -Krem Lad Phud Khongpong- translates literally into Cave [near the] Way [in the] Valley [of the] Pan Leaves Bundle (compare Krem –>Phud Khongpong) as the Khasi noun -lad- means a way, a means, a road, a junction. Barbara am Ende, however, arrived at Junction Cave (deepcaves.net/India02/india02.htm, accessed 27.03.2003, 15.05.2003) and W. -Mike- Zawada (2004.04.21 personal correspondence) at Inverted Valley Stream Cave. SITUATION: Somewhere (note 1) in the Phud Kongpong on Lum Iawpaw, the hill above Nongnah (schoolhouse at N25°15'56.8”: E091°19'32.9” unspecified precision error: 1017.9 m asl, WGS84, Scott Linn, undated December 2002, GPS Garmin Etrex). CAVE DESCRIPTION 1: After one day of mapping, this was a cave with a nearly straight line about 300 meters long of mostly walking passage formed in sandsone. Then, with more mapping, some of the side passages were added (Barbara Anne am Ende
Histoire
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2002.12.12: Walnel Langte and Kynton Lang Nonglong showed Barbara Anne am Ende, Andrew 'Andy' Peter Tyler and Kyntiewbor War the cave entrance (Allison Kosior 2002.12.02 Mss 'group.doc' entry 12/2/02; WARREN 2004: 251). 2002.12.15 (circa): Three days later Barbara Anne am Ende, Steve Kumpf, Scott Linn and Todd Warren added another 100 m to the survey (total: 761 m covering a vertical range of plus or minus 24.6 m (Barbara Anne am Ende
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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0.0 | DOMLATIR (Krem) | ||
0.0 | IAWPAW (Krem) | ||
0.0 | TYNRONG PHUD KHONGPONG (Krem) | ||
1.3 | LUM IAWPAW PIT 0, PF Pit | ||
1.3 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 010 | ||
1.3 | LUM IAWPAW PIT 7 | ||
1.3 | MAWTYNHIANG (Krem) | ||
1.3 | PYN DEN SHLAN (Krem) | ||
1.4 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 011 |