KHAZANA TAKKI GHARA 1

(پشین - PK)
30.366700,67.083300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A square cave entrance opens directly to a 5 metre deep pot, at the base of which a relatively small cave passage leads uphill and turns into an unidentified direction to the right (sic!) and descends. At the base of the descent a 180° turn is followed by a constriction after which the cave passage gradually enlarges before rising to the second cave entrance (Brooks, S J 1997 Mss: Pakistan Cave Database). SITUATION: To reach the site from Quetta, travel roughly estimated 5 km north-east from Kuchlagh / Kuchlak (note 1) along the road via Ziarat (note 2) to Qila Saifullah (note 3), and up to a spot from where a track south-east leads to the Dara Manda or -Bostan Dhara- (note 4). Pass through the gorge and into the open valley beyond. At the point where the valley divides, ascend the obvious ridge that lies to the east-north-east (note 5) via a faint, steeply ascending path that begins adjacent to a wall of a gently sloping well-bedded limestone. The caves are surprisingly located on th very top of the ridge before it abutts against the main mountain (Brooks, S J 1997 Mss: Pakistan Cave Database).A square cave entrance opens directly to a 5 metre deep pot, at the base of which a relatively small cave passage leads uphill and turns into an unidentified direction to the right (sic!) and descends. At the base of the descent a 180° turn is followed by a constriction after which the cave passage gradually enlarges before rising to the second cave entrance (Brooks, S J 1997 Mss: Pakistan Cave Database). SITUATION: To reach the site from Quetta, travel roughly estimated 5 km north-east from Kuchlagh / Kuchlak (note 1) along the road via Ziarat (note 2) to Qila Saifullah (note 3), and up to a spot from where a track south-east leads to the Dara Manda or -Bostan Dhara- (note 4). Pass through the gorge and into the open valley beyond. At the point where the valley divides, ascend the obvious ridge that lies to the east-north-east (note 5) via a faint, steeply ascending path that begins adjacent to a wall of a gently sloping well-bedded limestone. The caves are surprisingly located on th very top of the ridge before it abutts against the main mountain (Brooks, S J 1997 Mss: Pakistan Cave Database).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Boycott, Antony & Dowswell, Peter 1998.

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 11.11.1997: Simon J. Brooks and Nadim Ahmed Rana (Chiltan Adventures Association) explored and 'surveyed' to British Standards. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0KHAZANA TAKKI GHARA 2
0.0KHAZANA TAKKI GHARA 3
2.4CHASHMA ACHOZAI CAVE, Mt. Takatu
2.8DOZAKH TANGI (Cave in the)
3.9PARANG TANGI (Cave in the)
13.6LAMBOOR GHARA
19.9MALANGBAGH KAREZ
21.0MALANG GHAR, Quetta
29.9MUDGORGE TUNNEL