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< h1 > The Austrian < em > Hö hlenkataster< / em > < / h1 >
< p > The Hö hlenkataster is a national catalogue of all the documented caves
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in Austria. Within it, each known cave has a unique number. This number
comprises two parts - the first part identifies the area in which the
cave lies, and the second part is a number allocated to the particular
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cave, roughly in the order of discovery.< / p >
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< p > The area numbers divide the country hierarchically, the four digits
representing successively smaller areas delineated mainly by natural
physical boundaries. CUCC work in area 1623, in which the "1000" (the
Groß einheit) represents the Northern Limestone Alps, "1600" (the
Hauptgruppe - major mountain group) represents the Totes Gebirge, a mountain
area 100km east of Salzburg. The Totes Gebirge falls naturally into three
massifs, and some smaller outlying blocks. "1620" (the Untergruppe or
massif) is the western massif, and within that, "1623" (the Teilgruppe or
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part of the massif) is the Loser Augst-Eck plateau.< / p >
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< p > A cave which CUCC are currently exploring is named
"Steinbrü ckenhö hle", which has the number 1623/204. There are
presently six entrances, and these are labelled 1623/204A, 204B, 204C, 204D,
204E and 204F. On older discoveries, these numbers were typically painted on
the entrance. This has become deprecated with the increase in area of the
Nature Reserve (Naturschutzgebiet), and now a more permanent, but less
obtrusive, stainless steel tag is bolted on. These numbers enable anyone coming
across an entrance not only to see that it has been explored, but also to be
able to identify it and look up a description or survey for any cave in
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Austria. Each area has one locally-based person responsible for allocating
"official" numbers in the kataster; in CUCC's 1623 area this is the < a href = "http://www.hoehle.at/" > Verein fü r Hö hlenkunde in Obersteier< / a > .< / p >
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< p > Cavers actually exploring caves in an area may use their own provisional
names or numbers (many of which appear in these pages). CUCC use easily
fabricated aluminium tags with our own internal number as a temporary
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measure during early exploration; our practices are documented in the < a
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href="handbook/look4.htm">Prospecting Handbook< / a > . Once a cave has been
accurately located and explored sufficiently to count as a significant find, a
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< a href = "noinfo/example_kataster_form.sxd" > form< / a > is filled out and sent to
the VfHO, who will allocate a final kataster number.< / p >
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< p > If caves have been explored by groups not recognised by the local cavers,
or caves have been inadequately documented and may be rediscoveries, then
they may still be known only by old provisional numbers. In our area, there
are a few insignificant caves found by CUCC which have numbers like "B8"
(though we are currently documenting the ones we can actually find more fully
to give them "proper" numbers). Further north, there are numbers like "LA23"
or "BS17" explored by Lancaster University Speleological Society and the
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University of Bristol Spelaeological Society respectively.< / p >
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< p > The Austrians periodically publish summary lists of caves for each area,
and within these lists, each cave has a status code, such as "3/S/E +".
The number represents the extent of the cave on a scale from 0-9, the
letters denote the sort of cave it is, and the symbol at the end stands
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for the current state of exploration.< / p >
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< tr > < th > Length< / th > < th > Depth< / th > < th > code< / th > < / tr >
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< tr > < td > unknown< / td > < td > unknown< / td > < td > 0< / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > 5m but < 50m< / td > < td > 5m but < 50m< / td > < td > 1< / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > 50m but < 500m< / td > < td > 50m but < 100m< / td > < td > 2< / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > 500m but < 5km< / td > < td > 100m but < 200m< / td > < td > 3< / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > 5km but < 10km< / td > < td > 200m but < 500m< / td > < td > 4< / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > 10km but < 25km< / td > < td > 500m but < 750m< / td > < td > 5< / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > 25km but < 50km< / td > < td > 750m but < 1000m< / td > < td > 6< / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > 50km but < 100km< / td >
< td > 1000m but < 1250m< / td > < td > 7< / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > 100km but < 500km< / td >
< td > 1250m but < 1500m< / td > < td > 8< / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > 500km or over< / td > < td > 1500m or over< / td > < td > 9< / td > < / tr >
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< p > If length and depth give different codes, then the cave gets the greater
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of the two.< / p >
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< hr / >
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< li > T Trockenhö hlen (Dry caves)< / li >
< li > W Wasserhö hlen (Caves with water)< / li >
< li > (W) Zeitweilig aktiv Wasserhö hlen (Caves with seasonal water)< / li >
< li > E Eishö hlen (Caves with ice formations)< / li >
< li > S Schachthö hlen (Caves with pitches)< / li >
< li > H Halbhö hlen (Rock shelters ?)< / li >
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< hr / >
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< li > - unerforscht (unexplored)< / li >
< li > = befahren (visited)< / li >
< li > × teilweise vermessen (partly surveyed)< / li >
< li > + erforscht (exploration considered complete)< / li >
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< hr / >
< p > So, for instance, Kaninchenhö hle, 1623/161, gets the code
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"5/S/E × ", because it is 22 km long and just over 500m deep (both
rate a "5"), is principally a vertical cave, but also has passages with ice,
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and been extensively explored, but there are still many leads to push.< / p >
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< p > Some of our older cave descriptions (mostly for caves
we have not explored and know little about) use an older system:< / p >
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< li > 0 length/depth unknown< / li >
< li > 1 caves from 5 to 50m long (Kleinehö hlen) or deep (Schä chte)< / li >
< li > 2 caves from 50-500m long (Mittelhö hlen) or deep (Groß schä chte)< / li >
< li > 3 caves from 500m to 5km long (Groß hö hlen) or over 500m deep (Riesenschä chte)< / li >
< li > 4 caves from 5 to 50km long (Riesenhö hlen)< / li >
< li > 5 caves over 50km long< / li >
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< li > Back to < a href = "../index.htm" > CUCC Home page< / a > < / li >
< li > Back to < a href = "index.htm" > Expedition Intro page< / a > < / li >
< li > < b > Main Indices:< / b >
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< li > < a href = "infodx.htm" > < b > Index< / b > to Expo< / a > information pages< / li >
< li > < a href = "areas.htm" > Description of CUCC's area< / a > and split to subareas< / li >
< li > Full < a href = "indxal.htm" > Index to cave descriptions< / a > in area 1623< / li >
< li > List of (links to) < a href = "pubs.htm" > published reports and logbooks< / a > < / li >
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< li > < b > Pictures:< / b >
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< li > < a href = "gall0.htm" > Text only Index< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "gallery/0.htm" > Index pages (with thumbnails)< / a > < / li >
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< li > Table of < a href = "folk/index.htm" > < b > members< / b > of CUCC expeditions< / a > 1976-present< / li >
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