# 1623:103

103 | Plateau shaft 103 | 1/S +
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Altitude: 1632m
Position: by surface survey: E 35576 N 82933 (tag)
by GPS GK 5410472 5283506 (FOM 8.7m)
Bearings: HSK 075°, VSK Nipple 153°, Lost Rucksack Cairn 325°
Marking: alloy tag "1623 103 CUCC 1977" on M6 stud below the faded remains of a painted number on the NW-facing wall of a prominent joint making a break in the scarp fade in which the entrance lies.

Location: About 15m north of Kat.102, in the face of the same 125-305° fault scarp as 101īs northward crawl, which is about 35m away to the SE.

A semi-horizontal rift going south, slopes down at 45° to head of a very broken shaft aligned on a joint perpendicular to the scarp (joint is on 055-235°). Drops 30m past much wedged, frost-shattered rock to a choke at -30m.

Exploration: CUCC 1977 - Team Youth (S.Farrow & N.Thorne)

Survey: Surface survey to entrance, CUCC 1998

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