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Felüvve Magarasi



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Type:
Cave
Altitude:
1800 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Mersin
District:
Erdemli
Village:
Gürcan


TAYEx:
-

Registration State:
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Location: The road leading to Yamac; to north of Erdemli deviates to right toward Zorlu; 5 km before Kirlangic. A 22 km after the Pelen joint; the Gürcan Village is reached. The road leading to west; the Dalfes Plateau; can only be passed by off-road vehicles during rainy seasons. The cave is located at the bottom of an outcrop right behind the stone houses on the western slope facing the Ülkümen Mountain on the Aktar grassland of the plateau.
Geography and Environment: The Early Cretaceous calcareous structure comprising the Ulkümen Mountain expose through a highly disintegrated crystallized Albukrek Formation. Included in this block; the Felüvve Cave presents an extremely interesting structure even tough it is small. The gneiss-slip; crystallized Aygen limestones composed small; but very impressive Chabert decorations in the cave due to fossil abrasion.
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