UMKHIANG (Cave at)

(Khliehriat - IN)
25.108300,92.363900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to an unidentified cave (Kharpran Daly, B D 2006.03.10 personal correspondence). ETYMOLOGY: No specific cave name has been identified for the cave called after its location near the village or on the -um- or stream (of water) called Umkhiang (note 1). SITUATION: Close to the National Highway NH44 and somewhere in the vicinity of Umkhiang (25°06'30”N: 92°21'50”E), a village on the orographically left (locally south) bank of the river Lubha, and from Sonapur (25°06'45”N: 92°22'00”E) opposite across the bridge (25°06'35”N: 92°21'50”E).An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to an unidentified cave (Kharpran Daly, B D 2006.03.10 personal correspondence). ETYMOLOGY: No specific cave name has been identified for the cave called after its location near the village or on the -um- or stream (of water) called Umkhiang (note 1). SITUATION: Close to the National Highway NH44 and somewhere in the vicinity of Umkhiang (25°06'30”N: 92°21'50”E), a village on the orographically left (locally south) bank of the river Lubha, and from Sonapur (25°06'45”N: 92°22'00”E) opposite across the bridge (25°06'35”N: 92°21'50”E).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2006.03.10: Brian D. Kharpran Daly had heard of a cave somewhere near Umkhiang (Kharpran Daly, B D 2006.03.10 personal correspondence). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
4.8WAH URLA (Krem)
4.8WAH STEIÑ (Jarratt 1997b) (Cave near)
5.1SHNONG, Umsteiñ (Ngam)
5.2WAH STEIÑ (Jarratt 1997a) (Cave near)
5.6WAHBAH SANG (Krem)
6.0WAH LARENG (Müller 1999) (Krem)
6.1UMRYMPHEW (Krem)
6.1WAH LARENG (Brooks 1997) (Umpohliew)
6.4CHILLI CAVE, Lumshnong