SHOGHORE (Caves at)
36.021900,71.757200
Description
Among an unspecified number of rock shelters or caves (the most extensive almost 6 m long) is one, which contains a couple of foot-long (circa 30 cm high) stalactites (speleothems).SITUATION (after DURRANT et al. 1979: 20; TURNER 1977a: 42-43; WILSON 1976: 103;1977: 14): About 30 m above the level of the river and in Carboniferous and Eocene limestones (note 1) near the populated place called Shogor or Shoghore (note 2), where a river called Lotkuhur (note 3) has cut an almost 3 km long gorge into the limestones outcropping in an area about 16 miles (26 km along the road or 22 km in a direct line) north of Chitral town (N35°50'31”: E071°46'55”).Among an unspecified number of rock shelters or caves (the most extensive almost 6 m long) is one, which contains a couple of foot-long (circa 30 cm high) stalactites (speleothems).SITUATION (after DURRANT et al. 1979: 20; TURNER 1977a: 42-43; WILSON 1976: 103;1977: 14): About 30 m above the level of the river and in Carboniferous and Eocene limestones (note 1) near the populated place called Shogor or Shoghore (note 2), where a river called Lotkuhur (note 3) has cut an almost 3 km long gorge into the limestones outcropping in an area about 16 miles (26 km along the road or 22 km in a direct line) north of Chitral town (N35°50'31”: E071°46'55”).
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Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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27.1 | BARUM VALLEY (Caves in) | ||
50.7 | Buni Gol Valley (Caves in) | ||
59.9 | ZUNDRANGRAM, Rosh Gol (Caves near) | ||
75.9 | Shagram (Caves at) | ||
217.1 | KARGAH (Mountford 1969) (Caves in the) | ||
228.0 | Osama Bin Laden (Tahkhana ke) | ||
229.1 | GILGIT HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT (Cave at) | ||
237.3 | Kargah (Cave in the) | ||
240.3 | YUKSH GOZ (Caves at) |