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Horizontal Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
26 m | |||
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Depth: |
+1 m | |||
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Length: |
793 m | |||
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Region: |
Black Sea | |||
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Province: |
Zonguldak | |||
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Merkez | |||
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| Location: It is located in the city centrum of Zonguldak. It lies on the sea shore at 15th km of the Kilimli road. The entrance is right above the railway. |
| Structural Properties and formation : Formed within the Aptian aged Kapuz Formation; which had lithostratigraphic features suitable for karstification or cave development in the Zonguldak region; it is an important form of the Pliocene relief system. The entrance of the cave; which is totally 793 m; is through a fossil mouth facing the sea. Followed by a hole where only one person can fit into after the 50th m; it continues with an underground creek intermittently. There is a siphon at 400 m; which can be passed by walking at low tide. From that point; it continues for another 393 m; ending up with a siphon. |
| Research History: It was explored by MTA; and it was re-explored and mapped by MAD in 1982. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Findings: Cave grasshopper; cave fly and milipedes were found in the entrance zone. A few bats were seen in the fossil level. Reports indicate that it had been inhabited in prehistoric times. |
