BASPA GLACIER CAVE

Moorang (Kinnaur district - IN)
31.333300,78.583300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The Baspa River rises from the snout of a glacier cave.SITUATION: At the head of the Baspa River (note 1) in the south-easternmost corner of Himachal Pradesh.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1886, summmer: Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) took three photographs (plate camera, collodion wet plate process) of the Baspa Glacier, including one captioned 'Baspa Valley. Ice Cave in the Glacier Snout of the Baspa River' (note 2). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
13.3LALANTI CAVES
19.6TIDUNG (Caves on the)
35.7KANAN COUNTRY CAVES
40.4TOMBA WODAR
43.6Hopeha Wodar
58.2SARANG ROCK SHELTERS
63.6YULLANG CAVE
81.6TSAPARANG (Troglodyte settlement of)
81.6Bharku Caves