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Kabanbasi |
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Type: |
Horizontal Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
1540 m | |||
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Depth: |
-4.5 m | |||
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Length: |
111 m | |||
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Region: |
Black Sea | |||
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Province: |
Gümüshane | |||
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District: |
Merkez | |||
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Village: |
Kabanbasi | |||
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| Location: It can be reached from Gümüshane by car passing through the quarters of Yuvanet-Sismanli-Arsa-Kabanbasi or by a 1 hour walking through the pathway leading to the Kabanbasi Quarter from the Eskibaglar Quarter. |
| Structural Properties and formation : It is a spring type of fossil cave; which was developed horizontally. It was formed within the highly fractured and jointed Malm Lower Cretaceous limestones. The walls of the cave; which becomes narrower onward; are partly adorned with dripstone decorations. The floor is covered sometimes by rocky blocks and sometimes by earth and guano. It is dry in all seasons |
| Research History: It was explored by MTA in 1991. |
| Findings: Bats were seen. |
