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

Region:
Marmara
Province:
Kirklareli
District:
Vize
Village:
Balkaya


TAYEx:
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Registration State:
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Location: It lies on the right bank of the Yana Creek; a branch of Kazandere; 2 km east of the Balkaya Village; approximately 20 km northwest of the Vize District. It is accessible from the Balkaya road deviating at 8th km of the Vize-Kiyiköy road as well as the Kiyiköy-Aksicim-Balkaya or Saray-Bahceköy-Aksicim-Balkaya roads.
Geography and Environment: The vicinity of cave is composed of the Eocene aged Kirklareli limestones surfacing over an extensive area. It consists of two branches with diverse development epochs and levels. The main gallery connected to the depression hall in the entrance is the active section of the cave. With continuous flow; this section has numerous dripstone pools with a depth ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 m. Also there lies extensive amount of abrasive formations; among most remarkables are small whirlpools; abrasion marks; finished surfaces. From midsections; it is adorned with stalactites; columns and wall; curtain dripstones; falling over the lake.
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