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Üçbacali



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Type:
Horizontal Cave
Altitude:
2280 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Gümüshane
District:
Merkez
Village:
Dörene


TAYEx:
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Registration State:
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Location: It is located on top of the highlands rising to the north of the Karamustafa Village. Situated 600 m northeast of the Ucbacali Hill (2339m); it can be reached by walking approximately one hour from the Hatipler Quarter.
Geography and Environment: It is a passage type of fossil cave which developed horizontally. It was within the Malm-Lower Cretaceous limestones. It was exposed following the collapse of a wall of an underground cavity. It has stairs and dripstone decorations characterizing the presence of a multiphase. In the final zone; there is a 1 m deep pond filled with water.
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