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Ihsaniye |
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Type: |
Horizontal Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
60 m | |||
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Depth: |
+26 m | |||
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Length: |
728 m | |||
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Region: |
Black Sea | |||
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Province: |
Zonguldak | |||
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District: |
Merkez | |||
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Village: |
Ihsaniye | |||
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| Location: The Kozlu-Güney-Ihsaniye-Kozlu Dam motorway leads near to the cave. It can be reached by a 15 minute walk following the pathway in the creek from the village of Ihsaniye. Next to it lies the Kücük Ihsaniye Cave. |
| Structural Properties and formation : Being a horizontally developed spring cave; it was formed within the Visean aged limestones very suitable for karstification. |
| Research History: It was explored and mapped by MTA. |
| Findings: The forms of life found are milipedes; cave flies and guanobies in the entrance zone. |
