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Dedetepe 2



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maps Dedetepe 2

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

Region:
Marmara
Province:
Bursa
District:
Iznik
Village:
Çandarli


TAYEx:
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Registration State:
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Location: It is located on the western slope of the Dedecal Hill between Gürmüzlü and Candarli Villages. It can be reached by the Iznik-Elbeyli-Gürmüzlü-Candarli road. The smooth stabilized road reaching up to the Dedecal Hill from Iznik is 18 km. A 10 minute-walk through a pathway among dense forest leads to the cave. It lies 500 m south of the Dedetepe Cave. The village was named as Gürmüzlü in the map of the cave.
Geography and Environment: It was formed within the Cretaceous aged Bilecik limestones. It is a spring type of fossil cave. There is a thick deposit in the floor; and occasional driptone formations on the lateral walls.
Destruction Details:


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