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Type:
Horizontal Cave
Altitude:
470 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Marmara
Province:
Kirklareli
District:
Vize
Village:
Sergen


TAYEx:
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Registration State:
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Location: It is located on the right bank of Kanlidere (Karaman); which is a continuation of the Sogucak or Köy Creeks flowing into the Ergene Basin; near the Ortabaglar Hill; 4 km northwest to the town of Sergen. It can be reached from the Vize-Kücükyayla-Sergen or Pinarhisar-Sogucak-Sergen roads. A path leads near to the cave from the Sergen Village.
Geography and Environment: In the vicinity of the Baglar Cave; there are granitic gneisses of the Paleosoic age belonging to the Istranca Massif; overlaid by schists including marbles; and to the south underlying Eocene aged sandstones; claystones; limestones and Pliocene aged detritic depositions. Although the Baglar Cave with a width ranging from 0.5 to 4 m and a height ranging from 0.5 to 8 m has three-storey; it has a feature of single phase geological development due to the lesser marble thickness and presence of impermeable granitic gneisses underlying. Probably part of a Pliocene relief system; it became fossilized by means of abandonment. Therefore; there are no or little dripstone decorations.
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