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Civ
Type:
Vertical Cave
Altitude:
2000 m
Depth:
-238 m
Length:
m
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Isparta
District:
Aksu
Village:

     


Location: It is close to the Cayir Plateau on the Dedegöl Mountains. The nearest water resource is 8 km away.
Structural Properties and formation : It has very rich decorations. The catwalk at the end of the first descent which can be occluded by snow can be bypassed by descending with a rope. A total of 15 more descents runs into a flowing water and here the cave ends up with a siphon. The walls of the most of the descents are decorated with orange flowstones; and mainly they end up with crystal clear lakes.
Research History: It was explored and mapped by British cavers from the Sheffield University in 1989; and published in 1991.
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