Tham Muang On [Tham Chom Muang] [Tham Myyd] [Tham Meud] [CM0053]
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Location
The cave is a well known tourist attrcation and is signposted from the Chiang Mai ring road. Take the road to San Kamphaeng then continue along the H1317 to the 28 km marker. The turning is signed and a surfaced road winds up the side of the hill to a car park and food stalls. From here a flight of steps leads to the cave entrance about 100 m above.
Description
Tham Muang On was opened to the public in 1978. A small admission fee (10 baht for Thais, 20 baht for foreigners) is charged to maintain the lighting system and infrastructure. From the car park about 150 steps lead up to the gated entrance. The small entrance opens onto concrete steps that descend for 8m to the floor of the upper passage which is 8m high and 50m long. At the end of the upper passage there is a shrine and a flight of concrete stairs that descend about 30m to the main passage. The passage is dominated by a large stalagmite that is revered as it is said to contain a hair from the Buddha. Beyond the stalagmite the main passage is level, 200m long and typically 10m wide and high. The passage ends at a choke with some intermittently active rimstone pools. At the base of the stairs there is a large reclining Buddha, behind which the passage ascends and closes down.
Topographie
DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1986) - UIS Grade 4 Ellis & Bolger - UISv2 3-3-F September 2009
Fauna
Belisana leclerci Huber, 2005 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Araneomorphae, Pholcidae) û type locality (Huber 2005) Troglopedetes maungonensis Deharveng et Gers, 1993 (Arthropoda, Entognatha, Entomobryomorpha, Entomobryoidea, Paronellidae) û type locality (Deharveng and Gers 1993)
Documents
[Topo] Tham Muang On 01/05/2019Bibliography 26/06/2019
- ANON. (2008d) "Muang On Cave: Home of Dinosaurs and Ghosts" 21 November 2008 www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/muang_on_cave.html [accessed August 2009] DEHARVENG, LOUIS, ET AL. (1986) "ExpÚdition Tha´-Maros 85" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SplÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-00-7 DEHARVENG, LOUIS; GERS, CHARLES (1993) "Ten new species of Troglopedetes Absolon 1907, from caves of Thailand (Collembola Paronellidae)" Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde Vol. 63 No.2 pp103-113 Dhammadharo, Lee (1994) "The autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee" Metta Forest Monastery, 140pp DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 Ellis, Martin (2015a) "Some caves in Thailand Part 4" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 3 pp91-118 HUBER, BERNHARD, A. (2005) "High Species Diversity, Male-Female Coevolution and Metaphyly in Southeast Asian Pholcid Spiders: The Case of Belisana Thorell 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae)" Zoologica Vol. 155 pp1-126 NATIONAL PARK OFFICE (2006) "National Parks in Thailand" National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 280pp PALEE, PRANEE; MAXWELL, J. F. (2000) "Vascular Flora of Doi Muang Awn, Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand" Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society Vol. 48 No. 1 pp95-116 PANHA, SOMSAK; TONKERD, PIYOROS; SUTCHARIT, CHIRASAK; BURCH, JOHN B. (2004) "New Pupillid Species from Thailand (Pulmonata: Pupillidae)" The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University Vol. 4 No. 2 pp57-82 RAMBLA, MARIA (1994) "Un nouveau Cyphophthalme du sud-est asiatique, Fangensis leclerci n. gen., n. sp. (Opiliones, Sironidae)" MÚmoires de BiospÚology Vol. 21 pp109-114 SCHWENDINGER, PETER, J.; GIRIBET, GONZALO (2005) "The Systematics of the South-east Asian Genus Fangensis Rambla (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi: Stylocellidae)" Invertebrate Systematics Vol. 19 pp297-323 SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR; GARDNER, SIMON; SMART, DEAN (2006) "Caves of Northern Thailand" River Books, Thailand, ISBN 9749863135 VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp
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