diff --git a/cave_data/README.txt b/cave_data/README.txt
index 5eb996fe2..84c8011f2 100644
--- a/cave_data/README.txt
+++ b/cave_data/README.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ https://expo.survex.com/1623/2014-bl888
 the dummy data is created by
 def do_pending_cave(k, url, area) in troggle/parsers/caves.py
 
-No actual cave description file is created, just the entry in the database.
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+No actual cave description file is created, just the entry in the database.
+
+If the first part of the name is not 1623- or 1626- then the cave is assumed to be in the 1623 area.
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diff --git a/cave_data/pendingcaves.txt b/cave_data/pendingcaves.txt
index dfae9250f..f2116e14d 100644
--- a/cave_data/pendingcaves.txt
+++ b/cave_data/pendingcaves.txt
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
 1626-E28
 1626-upside-down
 1623-rentner
-1623-2014-bl888
-1623-2010-02
-1623-2014-mf-01
-1623-2017-nr-01
-1623-2017-nr-02
-1623-2012-OW-7
-1623-2017-21
-1623-2017-22
-1623-2018-ms-01
-1623-2018-ad-02
-1623-2018-pw-02
-1623-2019-rh-01
-1623-2017-dm-01
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+2014-bl888
+2010-02
+2014-mf-01
+2017-nr-01
+2017-nr-02
+2012-OW-7
+2017-21
+2017-22
+2018-ms-01
+2018-ad-02
+2018-pw-02
+2019-rh-01
+2017-dm-01
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