Tham Pathok

DREYBRODT JOERG informations

Frédéric Urien - 23/06/2024

History: Explo history: -- Visited 1999 by NL Voor Expe -- visited 23.10.2000 by AMIS Laos Expedition 2000 (NL), surveyed for bats, neither explored nor mapped [5158] -- 10-11.03.2006 surveyed for spiders by P. Jäger & J. Altmann, SMF [6097] -- 4.1.08: surveyed to 131m by Jos Burgers & Wietske van den Berge, Northern Lao-European Cave Project [6415] -- 18.01.2014: visited by the Northern Lao-European Cave Project, Team Matt & Nancy, not surveyed Cave description: Citation: Analysis: [5458] only shown on map e-mail Horst Brand 29.07.2005: 2. In Nong Khiao liegt ca. 2 km außerhalb des Ortes die Tham Patok dirket an der Straße Nr. 1. Sie dente während des Krieges als Regierungssitz der Provinzregierung mit Versammlungs- und Schlafmöglichkeiten, sowie als Unterschlupf für die Bevölkerung. Im gleichen Felskegel liegen weitere Höhlen, die z. T. als Bank und Handelsposten dienten. Die Tham Patok wird im Laos-Buch des Stefan-Lose-Verlags beschrieben. On the first map in the pdf file you see the map you are revering to. Tham Pathok is situated Y: 102 degrees .53 / and somewhere between X: 75.75 and 76 degrees just a little below the 76 degrees line in the corner of the road in the opposite of the large limestone karst crop south east of the village of Nong Khiaw. In 1999 we stored 150 metres of cave rope in the cave, which was disappeared in 2000 :-( Well meine herren feel free to translate that into GPS coordinates.... [4744]: A 40-minute-walk [from Nong Khiaw] will take you to Tham Pha Thok, a limestone cave where villagers lived during the Indochina War, and to a nearby waterfall. To find the cave, walk 2,5 km east of the bridge along Rte 1, then look for a clearly visible cave mouth in a lmestone cliff to your right, about 100m from the road. Descent along a path from the road to reach the cave (CUMMINGS 2002) e-mail Horst Brand 29.07.2005: [...] 2. In Nong Khiao liegt ca. 2 km außerhalb des Ortes die Tham Patok dirket an der Straße Nr. 1. Sie diente während des Krieges als Regierungssitz der Provinzregierung mit Versammlungs- und Schlafmöglichkeiten, sowie als Unterschlupf für die Bevölkerung. Im gleichen Felskegel liegen weitere Höhlen, die z. T. als Bank und Handelsposten dienten. Die Tham Patok wird im Laos-Buch des Stefan-Lose-Verlags beschrieben, [...]. [6415]: The cave is a tourist site and a display at the roadside points to the cave entrance, which is visible from the road. A visit to the cave does not need any formal permit. An entry fee will be collected from visitors. Wooden stairs made in 2001 lead to the main entrance, which is fenced. One can ascend to the 12 m wide and 15 m high main gallery, passing a larger chamber with fenced daylit holes to the left and some historical features from wartime like a table, benches as well as a bullet shelter. A subsequent 10 m deep drop can be negotiated by using very unsafe broken bamboo ladders. This descent gives access to the terminal chamber of Tham Pathok, which has a daylight hole as well as a steeply ascending rift passage where the remains of a rotten bamboo ladder from 1964 were still visible during the survey in 2008. Tham Pathok has a few calcite formations in places. >> survey [5513]: shown in map [8525]: only fauna records [8702]: only fauna records from outside the cave [8880]: only fauna records from outside the cave [9597]: Fauna records: LAOS: Luang Prabang Prov.: NE Luang Prabang, Nam Ou, Nong Khiao, Tham Pathok: ♂ holotype above; same data, 3♂4♀ in SMF; same locality, inside cave, at night, by hand, 10./11.iii.2006 (P. Jäger, J. Altmann), 2♂2♀ (2 vials) in SMF; same locality, inside limestone cave, by hand, 16.-17.iii.2007 (P. Jäger, F. Steinmetz), [9813]: Psechrus ancoralis Bayer & Jäger, 2010 [...] additional material examined: LAOS: [...] Luang Prabang, Nong Khiao, Tham Pathok, N 20°33'05'', E 102°37'55'', 370 m, outside cave; P. Jäger leg. by night 29.II.2008; 1 ♀ (SB 88), same data but P. Jäger and S. Bayer leg. 16.XI.2009, 1 ♀ (SB 344), both SMF. [9845]: Argiope hinderlichi spec. nov. (Figs 89–92, 167: 7, Photos 38–45) Type material (2 females, 3 emboli): Laos. Holotype female [2 emboli] (SMF), Luang Prabang Province, NE Luang Prabang, Nam Ou, Nong Khiao, Tham Pathok, L7, N 20°33.082’, E 102°37.925’, 373 m altitude, in front of limestone rock, vegetation, by hand, by day, P. Jäger & S. Bayer leg. 16.XI.2009. Paratype. Laos. 1 female [1 right embolus], Bolikhamsay Province, S of Sayphou Loyang, Ban Na Deua (= Ban Nadua), northern slopes of Phou Samkeng, 7.9 air km WSW of Lak Sao, L88, N 18°11’9.00” E 104°53’55.00”, 520 m altitude, limestone forest, vegetation at forest margin, small caves, by hand, by sweepnet, P. Jäger & S. Bayer leg. 8.XI.2009. Etymology. The species is named in honour of Jürgen Hinderlich (Solidaritätsdienst International, SODI e.V., Lak Sao), who cleared bombs in Laos which have been dropped in the so-called “secret war”, and who supported field work of the author in Bolikhamsay Province; name in genitive case. [9847]: fauna record, found outside ! cave [9876]: same-same [synopsis_2014]: Cave Synopsis Laos 2014 (Houaphan + Luang Prabang provinces)










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18.01.2014
Tham Pathok
N 20o33'12''; E 102o37'46''
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not surveyed [11498]: fauna record -- (Jäger 2018): Systaria longinqua spec. nov. Type material: LAOS: Luang Prabang Province: Holotype: female, Nong Khiao, Tham Pathok, 20°33.082'N, 102°37.925'E, 373 m elevation, in cave, P. Jäger & J. Altmann leg. by hand, 10.3.2006 (SMF). (Zhao et al. 2020): Zhuanlema peteri Zhao & Li, sp. nov.: Type material. Holotype: ♂ (SMF): Laos, Luang Prabang Province, NE Luang Pra- bang, Nam Ou, Nong Khiao, Tham Pathok, 20.5514N, 102.6321E, elevation ca. 373 m, 13.III.2007, P. Jäger leg. Equipment: Remarks:in list [5158] as visited but neither described nor surveyed e-mail M. Laumanns 15.04.2005: Tham Pathok: This is one of the caves that were visited by the AMIS Laos 2000 project. It was not surveyed and no co-ordinates were taken. The cave was investigated for bats. It is located on Map-Sheet F 48-122 SN.M.NGOY e-mail D. Eskes 16.4.2005: Tham Pathok: This is one of the caves that were visited by the AMIS Laos 2000 project. It was not surveyed and no co-ordinates were taken. The cave was investigated for bats. It is located on Map-Sheet F 48-122 SN.M.NGOY e-mail Horst Brand 29.07.2005: 2. In Nong Khiao liegt ca. 2 km außerhalb des Ortes die Tham Patok dirket an der Straße Nr. 1. Sie dente während des Krieges als Regierungssitz der Provinzregierung mit Versammlungs- und Schlafmöglichkeiten, sowie als Unterschlupf für die Bevölkerung. Im gleichen Felskegel liegen weitere Höhlen, die z. T. als Bank und Handelsposten dienten. Die Tham Patok wird im Laos-Buch des Stefan-Lose-Verlags beschrieben. On the first map in the pdf file you see the map you are revering to. Tham Pathok is situated Y: 102 degrees .53 / and somewhere between X: 75.75 and 76 degrees just a little below the 76 degrees line in the corner of the road in the opposite of the large limestone karst crop south east of the village of Nong Khiaw. In 1999 we stored 150 metres of cave rope in the cave, which was disappeared in 2000 :-( Well meine herren feel free to translate that into GPS coordinates.... [4744]: A 40-minute-walk [from Nong Khiaw] will take you to Tham Pha Thok, a limestone cave where villagers lived during the Indochina War, and to a nearby waterfall. To find the cave, walk 2,5 km east of the bridge along Rte 1, then look for a clearly visible cave mouth in a lmestone cliff to your right, about 100m from the road. Descent along a path from the road to reach the cave (CUMMINGS 2002) e-mail Horst Brand 29.07.2005: [...] 2. In Nong Khiao liegt ca. 2 km außerhalb des Ortes die Tham Patok dirket an der Straße Nr. 1. Sie dente während des Krieges als Regierungssitz der Provinzregierung mit Versammlungs- und Schlafmöglichkeiten, sowie als Unterschlupf für die Bevölkerung. Im gleichen Felskegel liegen weitere Höhlen, die z. T. als Bank und Handelsposten dienten. 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