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Beyköy Düdeni

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Beyköy Düdeni
Type:
Vertical Cave
Altitude:
460 m
Depth:
-60 m
Length:
99 m
Region:
Marmara
Province:
Balikesir
District:
Kepsut
Village:
Beyköy

     


Location: It is located on the Kobartkasi Ridge; 2 km east of Beyköy. The skirts of the ridge where the cave is located can be reached from a stabilized road; deviating at 7th km of the Kepsut-Dursunbey motorway. Then; a half and hour climbing among short macchias leads to the cave.
Structural Properties and formation : Until recently; there were lead mines in the cave and its vicinity. It is a fossil cave which halted its geological development. There are digged galleries inside; therefore figures of the first formation have all been disappeared. The first entrance is a -15 m shaft.
Research History: It was explored and mapped by MTA; and published in 1997.
Findings: A few bats were seen in the final zone.


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