JOMOSOM CAVE 3

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 24/07/2016

The only other indication of cavernous development in the south side of the ridge directly north of Jomosom town (2743 metres a.s.l.), is Jomosom Cave no.3.»…at 3600 metres where a two metres wide bedding rift has been opened in the vertically dipping limestone. One wall of the rift is crossed by six shallow half-metre wide half-tubes plunging outwards at about 15°. One end of the rift, and the half-tubes, is exposed in a steep cliff, though the other end is inaccessible. The half-tubes are crossed by recent wandkarren, and they are clearly a very old feature, probably developed within the phreatic zone before development of the present topography« (WALTHAM, A. C. 1971d: 44-45).