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

Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Karabük
District:
Safranbolu
Village:
Gayze


TAYEx:
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Registration State:
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Location: It is located on the northern side of the Mencilis Massif; 20 km north of Safranbolu on the Karabük-Zonguldak motorway. Its square entrance on the fascinating steep rocks can be seen from the road. It is the upper entrance; there are also two more big entrances behind the cave.
Geography and Environment: It is a horizontally developed fossil cave. Entered through a big mouth; it consists of a main gallery and two side passages. The branch in the first passage on left leads into a siphon where the water is collected. Immediately 50 m under the mouth of the cave lies a spring drainage; upsurging by a siphon. The siphon inside the cave is probably connected to the main gallery by a shaft.
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