HINKO CAVE

Machhapuchchhre (कास्की - NP)
28.466700,83.883300
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 24/07/2016

The so-called »Hinko Cave« (PAVEY 1976: 17, item no. 21) is rock shelter below a solitary erratic boulder from which CÍLEK et alii (1989) report »20 cm thick carbonate crusts and stalactites [speleothems] on the lower parts of boulders forming the debris near Hinko rock shelter.« SITUATION: On the way to the base camps of Annapurna and Machhapuchhare in the upper reaches of Modhi Khola. CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: »Hinko Cave« is used as a lodge for backpackers / trekkers.

Documents

Bibliography 24/07/2016

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
8.3MODI KHOLA GLACIER CAVE
9.0GUMBA KANG 'CAVE SYSTEM'
15.3KURDI GHAR
15.3KURDI GHAR 2
15.3KURDI GHAR SHELTER
16.9PATHLIKET, 1st (Cave at)
16.9PATHLIKET, 2nd (Cave at)
16.9THONRO BARAHA GUFA
17.9LAHACHOK (Cave at)