RUPIN WODAR

(Dodra Kwar - IN)
31.333300,78.166700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 15/05/2016

»Some caves and overhanging rocks« (HERBERT 1825: 344, 346) were »capable of affording shelter to our followers« near the tree-line limiting »stunted creepers of the Rhododendron genus« at the head of the Rupin (note 1). HERBERT (1825: 406) positioned (disputable: Latitude 31°19'37", alpha Aquilae, alpha Cygni) the cave and the head of the Rupin, which appears to correspond to the Rupin River (a tributary from the north to the Tons) that rises near N31°20': E078°10' (AMS sheet NH44-01 Chini,1963 edition) and is positioned under the titles Rupin Gad and Rupin River (mouth at N31°04': E078°07') online: nima.mil/geonames/India (accessed 16.11.2003). HERBERT (1825, folded map) indicates »Wodar« between the passes »Jako« (note 2) and »Gunas« (note 3).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 15/05/2016

NOTE 1: HERBERT (1825) positioned his »Jako« at N31°15'45": E078°05' (disputable) but nima.mil/geonames (accessed 16.11.2003) lists a hill called Jakhu or Jakku at N31°06': E077°11' (WGS84). NOTE 2: HERBERT (1825) positioned »Gunas Pass« at Lat. 31°22' Long. 78'09' (disputable).

Documents

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Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1819 September 28-29: Captain J.D. Herbert, 8th regt. N.I., camped near the cave when he marched from Deodar via the Gunas pass into the valley of the "Setlej or Satúdrá" (Sutlej). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 15/05/2016

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
14.9RUPIN WODAR 2
20.2NURU CAVES
24.2CHEGAON & WANGAR GAD (Caves between)
24.2CHEGAON ARCH
28.0WANGTO / WANGTU (Cave at)
31.5LALANTI CAVES
38.0TIDUNG (Caves on the)
39.6BASPA GLACIER CAVE
42.8KANAN COUNTRY CAVES