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Cingora

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Cingora
Type:
Horizontal Cave
Altitude:
2030 m
Depth:
+4 m
Length:
32 m
Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Gümüshane
District:
Kelkit
Village:
Ünlüpinar

     


It lies on the rocky cliffs rising to the south of the Unlüpinar Village. It is a spring type of fossil cave which developed horizontally. It was developed on a pronounced fault line within the Malm-Lower Cretaceous limestones. A few bats were seen. It was explored by MTA in 1991.
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