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

Region:
Marmara
Province:
Istanbul
District:
Çatalca
Village:
Pinarca


TAYEx:
-

Registration State:
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Location: It is close to the pole of electricity network inside a bushy area at the edge of a wide flatness on the left side at 3rd km of the road running from the village of Pinarca to Gümüspinar.
Geography and Environment: The entrance is approximately 3-5 m wide; dropping into a steep descent. The floor is covered by collapsed rocks; leading into the bottom of the first gallery with a 25-30 m incline. Then; a low argillaceous gallery is reached through this descent; and here there is an unpassed siphon. Before that siphon; on the right a 50 m long very narrow passage full of muddy water up to the chasm is passed; leading into wide galleries. On the left; there is a second gallery with similar characteristics. At the end of this gallery; a hardly noticeable chasm leads into a third hall; which has wonderful decorations on the ceiling; and chimneys become occluded after a while. The survey revealed that curtain decorations at the end of the cave prevented advancing farther. It is very rich in decorations; curtains; stalactites and columns have a rare beauty.
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