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This website has information on the caves of Thailand that I have compiled over several years. It is hoped that this is of use to those interested in caving in the region and stimulates exploration in the country. I would be very interested in receiving any information (references, grid co-ordinates, reports, surveys, etc.) on Thai caves.

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Recent additions to the website include a Google Earth .zmz file with 2,994 cave locations (May 2011), the report of the SMCC 2009 expedition to Nan and a guide to Thailand's longest and deepest caves. Cave surveys are continuously being added to the website. A series of guide books are being published through Lulu.com. A Bookshop has been added to the website linking directly to the Lulu Storefront and displaying the volumes which are currently available.

This website is hosted by the Shepton Mallet Caving Club (www.shepton.org.uk). Many thanks to Sean Howe (www.sean-howe.co.uk) for his ongoing work in maintaining the website.

Martin Ellis

Change of Map Datums – The Switch to WGS 1984

It was inevitable. At some point I was going to have to change to the WGS 1984 map datum from the Indian 1954 (Thailand-Vietnam) datum that has been used by the Thailand Caves Database. This procress has now been started, but it will be a long job and for the next couple of years there will be a mix of datums used on this site.

A Review of the 2010-2011 Caving Season

The disappearance of Thailand under several metres of water in the annual floods marks the end of the 2010-2011 caving season.

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