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Büyük Obruk

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Büyük Obruk
Type:
Vertical Cave
Altitude:
m
Depth:
-190 m
Length:
m
Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Konya
District:
Güneysinir
Village:
Karasinir

     


Location: It lies 1.5 km northwest of the Karasinir Town; which is located at 10th km of the road leading to the Göksu Hydroelectric Central from 62nd km of the Konya-Karasinir road.
Structural Properties and formation : It is a cavity in the form of a smooth walled gallery; submerging for 50 m long and 1.3-1.5 m wide under the ground along with a fault line in the south southwest-north northeast direction on the northeastern part of Büyükdag. The bottom is covered with blocks and pebbles. It is likely to have a depression in the cave.
Research History: It was explored in 1978 by the Speleo Club des Causses and Speleo Club de Lodeve.
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