EuroSpeleo 2016
Namibia Kaokoland 2015
Oral|Dr Mark Tringham

Abstract
This presentation will summarise results from the 2015 expedition when a small team from UK & France visited Kaokoland in Kunene Province NW Namibia. The expedition found and evaluated 7 new caves of moderate length.The longest and most impressive of these was Ondimba ja Omungongo 358m long and 59m deep. Two further new caves found were each nearly 100m long and the remaining 4 caves were each around 25m.
The caves are formed in Neoproterozoic dolomite and limestone and located on faults or other fractures. The caves are likely to be of hypogenic origin with no obvious relation to present day surface drainage or topography. The caves contain significant bat populations for future study with lots of dried bat guano in some places. Other fauna of interest included mummified antelope and an oryx skeleton. All the new caves explored had entrance locations shown to the expedition by local villagers. The entrances are mostly quite small and require local knowledge to find. It can be expected that many more hypogenic caves of similar character will be found and another expedition is likely to take place in 2017.
More from 2016
Oral|Miss Laura Deeprose
Caves, climate change and Neanderthals: ongoing palaeoclimate research in Matienzo, northern Spain
Oral|Prof John Gunn
Caves and Karst in British Carbonate Rocks
Oral|Ms Heliana Dundarova
North East Iran - Bulgarian-Iranian Speleo Expedition 2015
Oral|Mr . Wookey
Caving and climate change
Oral|Mr Michael Laumanns
East and Central Africa - 25 years on a glance. Expeditions to Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Gabon
Oral|Dr Rostam Namaghi
A brief (fictional) history of Speleomusic
Oral|Mr Martin Holroyd
Vietnam, '25 years of exploration'
Oral|Mr Andy Chapman
PESH (Proyecto Espeleologico Sistema Huautla), the project in Mexico's deepest cave
Oral|Dr Frederico Regala
AESDA Calib - a calibration device for DistoX/X2
Oral|Mr Alexander Chrapko
10 years of Cave Lighting project. LED lighting in show caves.