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Sofular

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maps Sofular
Type:
 Horizontal Cave
Altitude:
 442 m
Diameter:
 m- Direction:
Region:
 Black Sea
Province:
 Zonguldak
District:
 Merkez
Village:
 Sofular
TAYEx:
 -
Registration State:
 Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages.
     

Location: The road deviating from the Sapca Village on the Zonguldak-Ankara motorway to Güdüllüköy leads near to the cave. The cave is reached after a 15 minute walk through a pathway from the point where this road ends.
Geography and Environment: It consists of three interconnected levels. The fossil level elongating in the west-east direction is an underground part of the Pliocene relief system. Depending on the easterly superficial drainage during Pliocene; the first section of the cave was formed below. The cave was lowered to the second level due to sinking into the channel of the Sofular Creek during the end of Pliocene Epoch. As sinking progressed; it resulted in the formation of the Dazdasi Sinkhole; Cayirköy Cave and the lower level of Sofular.
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