underground caves

My friend and found a sinkhole and i took some picture to see.

we had a little trouble even with the gps

if you look at the correct landmarks and maybe spend some time wandering you might still find it

If you look at google earth I notice a few others marked in the area

Mitch

Is a GPS needed to find this cave off Salwa Road?  From 666's directions, it sounds pretty easy.

maafe mushkila

Thanks a lot 666

666 is a Mr, Mrs got tired and has become a nun................

Well I dont have the exact GPS coordinates with me as I am offshore.

You have to go on Salwa road towards Saudi border. once you crossed the petrol pump on your side of the road, the one bit off the road and have super market and mosque look for the sattelite station on your left. An overhead bridge is under construction near weather/sattelite station. there is a road going to right almost just opposite to station. Take that road. you might have to turn right on underconstruction road before the bridge as I had to take a U trun to reach that road. 

On that small road, take aright turn before the road bends. right next to it a camel farm.

If you cant find the place, ask any of the huys living in those camps. I ended up taking one guy to show me the place.

Its not a fancy dancy cave but still something different than the normal sand dunes. Kids can also go in there.

Hope that helps. 

Dear Mr/Ms.666 and joe in qatar,

Thanks for all the information.I request you to provide the route map of these places as i am not familiar with arabic names and locations.please do this favour as early as possible.thanks in advance

I went to explore the sink in the Al Harman Family park here in doha today. The sink is enclosed with a fence and a gate with a locked lock. after talking to a couple dudes they sent me to the the person in charge of the park to find a key to get in. finally found him but he said the sink  is closed and if someone goes inside they will die. I don't know if the ole devil himself comes up and gets you or they shoot you when you get to the bottom.  so does anyone else know anybody that has a key?

links to pictures I took:

http://yophotos.fotopages.com/?entry=1491554&back=http://yophotos.fotopages.com/

Yes I agree with you Padger, I think we are all dreaming about caves here. How could I get a copy of your technical paper? I have ran out of leads to check.

there are numerous sinkholes in qatar. Unlikley most sinkholes they are typicaly formed by gypsum bands being disolved rather than limestone

I have a technical paper if any on is interested  ;-)

Same with this cave.  We went to visit it yesterday morning.  I was big but there was no passage.  I imagine all of them to be this way with the soft bedrock and fine sand.  Looked like a cool place for some possible bouldering!  I tried just a little but some rock broke and ew didn't spend too much time down there.  Definatly nice tho, much cooler down ther and not too dark. 

Mitch

Do a search on QL.

It was discussed at great length previously and I think directions were put on the thread

I checked out a couple spots after work today.  No passage!  just filled with sand and rocks. not real impressive except for the size. 

links to pictures I took:

http://yophotos.fotopages.com/?entry=1490025&back=http://yophotos.fotopages.com/

http://yophotos.fotopages.com/?entry=1490058&back=http://yophotos.fotopages.com/

maybe Dan can bring the social group the cave next coming winter?

Just got back from Cave visit. Quite a place. Definately recommend to you all. will post details with pictures later.

Thanks for all your replies.I don't know whether u call it sinkholes or caves.I heard they are somewhere near dukhan.if anyone is sure of the location please tell me.

oh let me know the directions and let me know how is d place.. will check it out...

cool, I have fridays off and limited use of a 4x4...

Mitch

...it never crossed my mind that there are caves in Qatar, thanks to this thread, now i know there are more than the sand dunes and the big land cruisers driven like hell running in the streets you can see here...but as joeinqatar has said, these are sinkholes...well, but it is something to look forward to and explore...

I am interested in joining the hunt for some caves. there is 3 well known sinkholes not caves. one in doha seems to be full of trash (go figure).

http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/w.cgi?c=qa&DG=SINK

Dear MP5050,

You don't need a rope to get down... It's quite safe for you to simply walk down...

I wanna go!!! Please let me know when you go to check this out.  You said you can get to the bottom of it?  If not I have a rope, webing, belay device, 2 harness, lights... we should go see the inside of it!  but there is the fence, hmm.  and the 200m, my rope is only 60m =( guess I should read better before I post

Mitch

Thanks.But i heard there are big undergroundcaves somewhere near dukhan or abusamra.please let me know

Harsha,

Looks like its near salwa road. Right trun after the petrol pump before army base.

i have marked the coordinates on my  GPS. Most probably I will give it a shot on weekend

please tell me what is the nearest place

I will look forward for your article. Please make sure you have some good pictures to share...

Thanks a lot.

I will try to go there and update QL 

I heard there are other places in Qatar known for underground caves, but not sure where to find them.

DaRuDe might be the right person to answer, if he can read this article....

Well, I can't make is any more simpler.

Just use your mouse and zoom out and follow the road to the place where you can get started.

As far as worth or not worth... Well, you should ask this question to cave hunters...

From my side, I have never visited this place coz I don't have 4x4, but my friends told me, its really not must if you can manage a little humps and bumps.

It looks more like a flat ground with fence around the cave which you can see in the map, and the cave as a straight big opening goes down into earth for about 200 or more meters... The opening is big enough to take a truck, but due to rocky entrance you can only walk.

Do not expect anything more than that... Its just a straight simple big hole in the earth and good thing is you can go till the bottom of it... :-)

Best time would be before noon, coz after noon there hardly any light coming inside the cave as the opening is facing towards east.

Maxmo, do you have simple directions?

Is the place worth a visit?? 

Have a look at the URL below:

wikimapia.org/#lat=25.172344&lon=51.200114&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2

copy and paste  the above URL in Internet Explorer.

My friends had visited this place sometime last year and I had marked it for them.