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Type:
 Horizontal Cave
Altitude:
 440 m
Diameter:
 m- Direction:
Region:
 Marmara
Province:
 Bursa
District:
 Mustafakemalpasa
Village:
 Kazanpinar
TAYEx:
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Registration State:
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Location: It is located on the eastern side of the Acma Hill; which lies 500 m west of the Kazanpinar Village. The Kazanpinar junction on the Mustafakemalpasa-Sögütalan-Bursa motorway leads up to the cave's entrance.
Geography and Environment: It was formed within the Jura Lower Cretaceous limestones. As the limestones are not very thick; there is a shallow karstic surface in the region. It is a fossil cave which had been hydrologically abandoned. The ceiling is up to 1-8 m. It is adorned with stalactites; columns; stalagmites and wall dripstones; of which growths' were completely halted. At the bottom; there are debris and big blocks. It is a fossil cave; halted its geological development; and it is dry in all seasons.
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