DUNDA TUNNELS (Wilson 1976)

(Dunda - IN)
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A vague bit of hearsay information relating to unspecified several tunnels several kilometres long (irrigation channels?) recorded Jane M. Wilson (in: DURRANT et al. 1979). ETYMOLOGY: -Dunda- (with the -u- pronounced like the English -sun-) is not necessarily a place or specific locality as -danda- (with the -a- pronounced like the English -car-) is the Nepali (Gorkhali) word for -hill-. SITUATION: A days drive to the north (Wilson in: DURRENT et al. 1976) from Chakrata (30°42'N: 77°51'E) and somewhere in the vicinity of a place called Dunda (Wilson 1976), Danda and Dhanda (note 1).A vague bit of hearsay information relating to unspecified several tunnels several kilometres long (irrigation channels?) recorded Jane M. Wilson (in: DURRANT et al. 1979). ETYMOLOGY: -Dunda- (with the -u- pronounced like the English -sun-) is not necessarily a place or specific locality as -danda- (with the -a- pronounced like the English -car-) is the Nepali (Gorkhali) word for -hill-. SITUATION: A days drive to the north (Wilson in: DURRENT et al. 1976) from Chakrata (30°42'N: 77°51'E) and somewhere in the vicinity of a place called Dunda (Wilson 1976), Danda and Dhanda (note 1).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Durrant G A, Smart C M, Turner J E K & Wilson, J M 1979, 1981 (Himalaya Underground 1976).

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1976: While we were in Dehra Dun we heard that a days drive to the north, at Dunda, there were several tunnels several kilometres long. We did not investigate further however (Jane M. Wilson in: DURRENT et al. 1979: 40). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
9.8CHINALLI (Cave above)
11.0Pratakeshwar Gufa, Mehargaon
14.5HUNDULI (Cave near)
17.8AA CAVE (Skinner 1832)
25.4LAKHA MANDAL TUNNEL
25.4LAKHA MANDAL KARST CAVE 1 (aa -)
25.4LAKHA MANDAL SHELTER 2
25.4LAKHA MANDAL SHELTER 3
25.4LAKHA MANDAL SHELTER 4