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Mesrutiyet Yarigi |
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Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
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Depth: |
-1 m | |||
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Length: |
9 m | |||
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Region: |
Marmara | |||
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Province: |
Istanbul | |||
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District: |
Sile | |||
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Village: |
Mesrutiyet | |||
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| It is located 35 m west of the Mesrutiyet Cave; at least 4.5 m higher than its entrance. It was formed within the Upper Cretaceous aged Ahmetli limestones. It is a fossil and dry cave as it is situated 30 m above the base of a side branch of the Türknil Creek. |
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| Structural Properties and formation : It is situated in aged Ahmetli limestones in Upper Cretaceous formation. A fault through main gallery is formed by both an abrasion of underground creek and a tectonic motion. The two columns at the beginning of the cave only to be passed by creeping shows how cave was rich in activity in early times. There are no any stalactites and stalagmites in cave. The base of the cave is covered with a brown and a thin soil and rarely block material in lenght of about 20-35 cm. 5 m above the base there is a room large enough only for 3 persons to sit. A stalactite in a room is formed in a fault passing through the ceiling. Hyrology: Turknil Creek laying 30 m below of the cave has caused Mesrutiyet Crack to be dry and fossil. |
| Research History: It was firstly mapped by Erek and his team. |
| Findings: There is the family of jackal living in cave and at the dark parts there exists brown spiders. |
