BANANA TREE SINK
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Description
An estimated 8 m by 12 m wide sinkhole (FOWLER et al. 2004) or doline (closed depression) appears to give access to an undecended pothole. This was declared to be of low potential (Zawada 2004.04.21 personal correspondence).ETYMOLOGY: No locally known name, if it exists, has been identified for what was christened Banana Tree Sink though the short-lived banana plant (Musacea var., in Khasi -u kait-) is not a tree but a shrub. The US American engineering geologist's -sink- is a term applied all kinds of closed depressions. SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere on Lum Iawpaw, the hill above Nongnah (schoolhouse 25°15'56.8”N: 91°19'32.9”E: 1017.9 m, unidentified precision error, Scott Linn, undated December 2002, GPS Garmin Etrex). This Banana Tree Sink lies at an unknown distance east of the trail to Phud Khongpong (Zawada 2004.04.21 personal correspondence, 2004.04.24 personal correspondence) of which, however, the cave entrance coordinates were misplaced.An estimated 8 m by 12 m wide sinkhole (FOWLER et al. 2004) or doline (closed depression) appears to give access to an undecended pothole. This was declared to be of low potential (Zawada 2004.04.21 personal correspondence).ETYMOLOGY: No locally known name, if it exists, has been identified for what was christened Banana Tree Sink though the short-lived banana plant (Musacea var., in Khasi -u kait-) is not a tree but a shrub. The US American engineering geologist's -sink- is a term applied all kinds of closed depressions. SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere on Lum Iawpaw, the hill above Nongnah (schoolhouse 25°15'56.8”N: 91°19'32.9”E: 1017.9 m, unidentified precision error, Scott Linn, undated December 2002, GPS Garmin Etrex). This Banana Tree Sink lies at an unknown distance east of the trail to Phud Khongpong (Zawada 2004.04.21 personal correspondence, 2004.04.24 personal correspondence) of which, however, the cave entrance coordinates were misplaced.
Documents
Bibliography 06/01/2018- Fowler, Paul J et al. 2004.
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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0.1 | PHUD KHONGPONG (Krem) | ||
0.4 | PHUD MAWIONG (Krem) | ||
0.5 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 007 | ||
0.5 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 006 | ||
0.6 | MAW RANG KHNAI SAW 1, upper (Krem) | ||
0.7 | MAW RANG KHNAI SAW, 2nd, lower (Krem) | ||
0.7 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 011 | ||
0.9 | MAWTYNHIANG (Krem) | ||
0.9 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 010 |