<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html lang=en> <head> <title> 1623:31 </title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <center><table border=0 width=100%> <tr><th align=left><font size=+2>31</font></th> <th align=center><font size=+2>Elchhöhle (= Megalodontenhöhle)</font></th> <th align=right><font size=+2>2/T +</font></th></tr> </table></center> <p><b>Altitude:</b> c1580m<br> located very near laser point 0/9 at E 35395.4 N (52)81044.6 H 1588.3 <b>Length:</b> 240m<br> <b>Location:</b> Next to Stögerweg (path 201) somewhat beyond <a href="28.htm">Augsteckhöhle</a> (Kat. 28). <p>Mainly horizontal and going northish under the path. A large phreatic tube in horizontally bedded limestone. Visited by Andy Waddington, Doug Florence with Karl Gaisberger on August 12th, 1978. Latter person collected a rare cave beetle from it (only the second specimen of this species collected in Austria, if we understood Karl correctly), which I think is now in the Natural History Museum in Vienna, having been pickled in Vodka borrowed from an expedition member. Name comes from discovery of Elk bones when first explored. <p><b>Exploration:</b> LVHK Wien, 1974 <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../smkridge/index.htm#31">Schwarzmooskogel area</a> index and description<br> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../indxal.htm">Full Index</a> to caves<br> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../areas.htm">Other areas</a> in 1623<br> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../../index.htm">CUCC Home page</a> </body> </html>