The Misfir Sinkhole

[qatarperegrine]

Last weekend, I was forced to retract all the snide comments I've made about Qatar's depressing lack of geography.

After a friend came across a reference to a large cave called Dahl al Misfir, I did some investigating and found its GPS coordinates (25°10'27"N 51°12'45"E). Last Friday, three friends and I went to check it out.

It's around halfway across the country, on Salwa Road just this side of the Umm Bab cutoff, not far from the Earth Satellite Tracking Station. It's not the world's most exciting cave, but it's definitely worth checking out! Pictures here.

EDIT: Dave's pictures are here.

Also: Happy Eid al Adha!

Comments

Misfir Sinkhole

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Majorie,

It's Zaki again.

I had written to you a long time back, perhaps a year and a half-ago.

The sinkhole you mentioned is actually a limestone cave. I am sure you would have seen some shale (loamy compressed sand) as streaks around the hole.

I've been to a similar one on a study trip.

By the way, the good news is that I would be moving to Qatar soon.

Wish me all the best !

:-)

zaki

Re: Misfir Sinkhole

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All the best! :-)