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Ambela

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Ambela
Type:
Horizontal Cave
Altitude:
1800 m
Depth:
-17.5 m
Length:
41 m
Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Gümüshane
District:
Torul
Village:
Harmancik

     


It is located on the upper part of the Bahcecik quarter of the Ikisu Village. It was formed within the Malm-Lower Cretaceous aged limestones as a result of a collapse of the roof of a karstic dissolved cavity. It is a sinkhole type of fossil cave; which was developed horizontally. It was explored and mapped by MTA in 1991.
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