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Kuyutarla 1



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

Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Zonguldak
District:
Merkez
Village:
Çatalagzi


TAYEx:
-

Registration State:
For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages.
     


Location: It can be reached from the Zonguldak-Kilimli-Catalagzi-Cumayani-Ayici road. The road deviating to right at the exit of Cumayani leads near to the cave. It can be reached after a 15-minute walk. It lies very close to the Cemal Tepe Sinkhole.
Geography and Environment: Being a horizontally developed cave; it houses debris and red-black coloured fossil layer at the bottom. In the middle; there is a +14 m natural chimney. Poor in dripstone decorations; it was formed during the Pliocene Age.
Destruction Details:


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