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Çarkini

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Çarkini
Type:
Cave
Altitude:
300 m
Depth:
m
Length:
40 m
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Antalya
District:
Merkez
Village:
Yagca

     


It lies 1 km Northwest of the Somakli Quarter of the Yagca Village to the Northwest of Antalya. It is a natural cave opened into the grey coloured Cretaceous limestones of the Katran Mountain. It was studied archaeologically by K. Kökten in 1957. It was announced as a First Degree Archaeological-Natural Preservation Site in 1990.
Location: This cave-site lies southwest of the city of Antalya; 1 km northwest of the Somakli neighborhood of the village of Yagca; 1 km west of the neighborhood of Kocaköy and 2 km south-southwest of the Karain Cave. The location area of the cave is called Öküzkakligi Mevkii.
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