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Type: |
Horizontal Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
440 m | |||
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Depth: |
-3 m | |||
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Length: |
181 m | |||
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Region: |
Marmara | |||
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Province: |
Bursa | |||
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District: |
Mustafakemalpasa | |||
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Village: |
Kazanpinar | |||
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| Location: It is located on the eastern side of the Acma Hill; which lies 500 m west of the Kazanpinar Village. The Kazanpinar junction on the Mustafakemalpasa-Sögütalan-Bursa motorway leads up to the cave's entrance. |
| Structural Properties and formation : It was formed within the Jura Lower Cretaceous limestones. As the limestones are not very thick; there is a shallow karstic surface in the region. It is a fossil cave which had been hydrologically abandoned. The ceiling is up to 1-8 m. It is adorned with stalactites; columns; stalagmites and wall dripstones; of which growths' were completely halted. At the bottom; there are debris and big blocks. It is a fossil cave; halted its geological development; and it is dry in all seasons. |
| Research History: It was explored and mapped by MTA; and published in 1997. |
| Findings: Colonies of bats inhabit the big gallery; where the entrance of the cave leads into. Also found are millipedes at several places of the cave. |
