AA CAVE, Tenga (Sootinck 2008)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A triangular cave entrance (about 6 m wide and 4 m high) in what looks like a much stressed (tectonics? explosives?) and fractured limestone gives access to a daylight-lit cave or rock shelter which … tapers from the roof to the floor end inside and measures under 5 m in length (note 1). SITUATION: In a possibly south facing rocky cliff face by the side of the road that runs upstream from Jamiri (27°12'N: 92°35'E) along the northern (orographically left) bank of the Tenga River (note 2) towards Rupa (27°12'N: 92°24'N) and proceeds to Tawang (note 3). POSITION: Neil Sootinck (2008.04.09 personal correspondence) forwarded the difficult to interpret GPS position N 27.2' . 49.3- and 92. 24'. 59.1- (note 4).A triangular cave entrance (about 6 m wide and 4 m high) in what looks like a much stressed (tectonics? explosives?) and fractured limestone gives access to a daylight-lit cave or rock shelter which … tapers from the roof to the floor end inside and measures under 5 m in length (note 1). SITUATION: In a possibly south facing rocky cliff face by the side of the road that runs upstream from Jamiri (27°12'N: 92°35'E) along the northern (orographically left) bank of the Tenga River (note 2) towards Rupa (27°12'N: 92°24'N) and proceeds to Tawang (note 3). POSITION: Neil Sootinck (2008.04.09 personal correspondence) forwarded the difficult to interpret GPS position N 27.2' . 49.3- and 92. 24'. 59.1- (note 4).