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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
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<html lang=en>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
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<html>
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<head>
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<title>
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Austrian Kataster
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</title>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
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<title>CUCC Austria Expeditions: The Kataster</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/main2.css" />
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</head>
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<body>
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<center><h1>Austrian Höhlenkataster</h1></center>
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The Höhlenkataster is a national catalogue of all the documented caves
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<h1>The Austrian <em>Höhlenkataster</em></h1>
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<p>The Höhlenkataster 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
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comprises two parts - the first part identifies the area in which the
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cave lies, and the second part is a number allocated to the particular
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cave, roughly in the order of discovery.
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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
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representing successively smaller areas delineated mainly by natural
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@@ -23,24 +23,25 @@ Hauptgruppe - major mountain group) represents the Totes Gebirge, a mountain
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area 100km east of Salzburg. The Totes Gebirge falls naturally into three
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massifs, and some smaller outlying blocks. "1620" (the Untergruppe or
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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.
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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 "Kaninchenhöhle",
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which has the number 1623/161. There are presently six entrances, and these
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are labelled 1623/161A, 161B, 161C, 161D, 161E and 161F. On older
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discoveries, these numbers were typically painted on the entrance. This has
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become deprecated with the increase in area of the Nature Reserve
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(Naturschutzgebiet), and now a more permanent, but less obtrusive, stainless
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steel tag is bolted on. These numbers enable anyone coming across an
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entrance not only to see that it has been explored, but also to be able to
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identify it and look up a description or survey for any cave in Austria.
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Each area has one locally-based person responsible for allocating "official"
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numbers in the kataster.
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<p>A cave which CUCC are currently exploring is named
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"Steinbrückenhöhle", which has the number 1623/204. There are
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presently six entrances, and these are labelled 1623/204A, 204B, 204C, 204D,
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204E and 204F. On older discoveries, these numbers were typically painted on
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the entrance. This has become deprecated with the increase in area of the
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Nature Reserve (Naturschutzgebiet), and now a more permanent, but less
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obtrusive, stainless steel tag is bolted on. These numbers enable anyone coming
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across an entrance not only to see that it has been explored, but also to be
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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
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"official" numbers in the kataster.</p>
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<p>Cavers actually exploring caves in an area may use their own provisional
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names or numbers (many of which appear in these pages). CUCC use easily
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fabricated aluminium tags with our own internal number as a temporary
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measure during early exploration.
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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>.</p>
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<p>If caves have been explored by groups not recognised by the local cavers,
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or caves have been inadequately documented and may be rediscoveries, then
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(though we are currently documenting the ones we can actually find more fully
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to give them "proper" numbers). Further north, there are numbers like "LA23"
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or "BS17" explored by Lancaster University Speleological Society and the
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University of Bristol Spelaeological Society respectively.
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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,
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and within these lists, each cave has a status code, such as "3/S/E +".
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The number represents the extent of the cave on a scale from 0-9, the
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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.
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for the current state of exploration.</p>
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<hr>
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<table border=3>
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<b><tr><td>Length</td><td>Depth</td><td>code</td></tr></b>
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<hr />
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<table class="trad">
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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>
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<tr><td>5m but <50m</td><td>5m but <50m</td><td>1</td></tr>
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<tr><td>50m but <500m</td><td>50m but <100m</td><td>2</td></tr>
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</table>
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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.
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of the two.</p>
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<hr>
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<menu>
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<li>T Trockenhöhlen (Dry caves)
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<li>W Wasserhöhlen (Caves with water)
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<li>(W) Zeitweilig aktiv Wasserhöhlen (Caves with seasonal water)
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<li>E Eishöhlen (Caves with ice formations)
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<li>S Schachthöhlen (Caves with pitches)
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<li>H Halbhöhlen (Rock shelters ?)
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</menu>
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<hr>
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<menu>
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<li>- unerforscht (unexplored)
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<li>= befahren (visited)
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<li>× teilweise vermessen (partly surveyed)
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<li>+ erforscht (exploration considered complete)
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</menu>
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<hr>
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<p>So, for instance, the Kaninchenhöhle, 1623/161, gets the code
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<hr />
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<ul>
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<li>T Trockenhöhlen (Dry caves)</li>
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<li>W Wasserhöhlen (Caves with water)</li>
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<li>(W) Zeitweilig aktiv Wasserhöhlen (Caves with seasonal water)</li>
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<li>E Eishöhlen (Caves with ice formations)</li>
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<li>S Schachthöhlen (Caves with pitches)</li>
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<li>H Halbhöhlen (Rock shelters ?)</li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<ul>
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<li>- unerforscht (unexplored)</li>
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<li>= befahren (visited)</li>
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<li>× teilweise vermessen (partly surveyed)</li>
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<li>+ erforscht (exploration considered complete)</li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<p>So, for instance, Kaninchenhöhle, 1623/161, gets the code
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"5/S/E ×", because it is 22 km long and just over 500m deep (both
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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.
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and been extensively explored, but there are still many leads to push.</p>
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<hr>
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<font size=-1><p>Some of our older cave descriptions (mostly for caves we
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have not explored and know little about) use an older system:
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<hr />
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<div style="font-size: 80%">
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<p>Some of our older cave descriptions (mostly for caves
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we have not explored and know little about) use an older system:</p>
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<menu>
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<li>0 length/depth unknown
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<li>1 caves from 5 to 50m long (Kleinehöhlen) or deep (Schächte)
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<li>2 caves from 50-500m long (Mittelhöhlen) or deep (Großschächte)
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<li>3 caves from 500m to 5km long (Großhöhlen) or over 500m deep (Riesenschächte)
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<li>4 caves from 5 to 50km long (Riesenhöhlen)
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<li>5 caves over 50km long
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</menu>
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</font>
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<ul>
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<li>0 length/depth unknown</li>
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<li>1 caves from 5 to 50m long (Kleinehöhlen) or deep (Schächte)</li>
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<li>2 caves from 50-500m long (Mittelhöhlen) or deep (Großschächte)</li>
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<li>3 caves from 500m to 5km long (Großhöhlen) or over 500m deep (Riesenschächte)</li>
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<li>4 caves from 5 to 50km long (Riesenhöhlen)</li>
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<li>5 caves over 50km long</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<hr>
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<!-- LINKS -->
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<img alt=">" src="../icons/lists/0.png">
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Back to <a href="index.htm">Expedition Intro page</a><br>
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<img alt=">" src="../icons/lists/0.png">
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<b>Main Indices:</b><br>
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<img alt="--->" src="../icons/lists/1.png">
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<a href="infodx.htm"><b>Index</b> to Expo</a> information pages<br>
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<img alt="--->" src="../icons/lists/1.png">
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<a href="areas.htm">Description of CUCC's area</a> and split to subareas<br>
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<img alt="--->" src="../icons/lists/1.png">
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Full <a href="indxal.htm">Index to cave descriptions</a> in area 1623<br>
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<img alt="--->" src="../icons/lists/1.png">
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List of (links to) <a href="pubs.htm">published reports and logbooks</a><br>
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<img alt=">" src="../icons/lists/0.png">
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<b>Pictures:</b><br>
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<img alt="--->" src="../icons/lists/1.png">
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<a href="gall0.htm">Text only Index</a><br>
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<img alt="--->" src="../icons/lists/1.png">
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<a href="gallery/0.htm">Index pages (with thumbnails)</a><br>
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<img alt=">" src="../icons/lists/0.png">
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Back to <a href="../index.htm">CUCC Home page</a><br>
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<img alt=">" src="../icons/lists/0.png">
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<a href="1626/index.htm">Adjacent area 1626</a>
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<hr />
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<ul id="links">
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<li>Back to <a href="../index.htm">CUCC Home page</a></li>
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<li>Back to <a href="index.htm">Expedition Intro page</a></li>
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<li><b>Main Indices:</b>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="infodx.htm"><b>Index</b> to Expo</a> information pages</li>
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<li><a href="areas.htm">Description of CUCC's area</a> and split to subareas</li>
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<li>Full <a href="indxal.htm">Index to cave descriptions</a> in area 1623</li>
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<li>List of (links to) <a href="pubs.htm">published reports and logbooks</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><b>Pictures:</b>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="gall0.htm">Text only Index</a></li>
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<li><a href="gallery/0.htm">Index pages (with thumbnails)</a></li>
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</ul></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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</ul>
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</body>
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