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Yaylaçayiri |
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Type: |
Horizontal Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
415 m | |||
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Depth: |
-18.5 m | |||
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Length: |
64 m | |||
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Region: |
Marmara | |||
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Province: |
Bursa | |||
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District: |
Nilüfer | |||
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Village: |
Unçukuru | |||
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| Location: It is located on the right bank of the Yaylaçayiri Hollow; 2 km west of the Uncukuru Village to the south of the Uluabat Lake. A stabilized road deviating from the exit of Uncukuru Village on the Bursa-Çali-Maksenpinar former Mustafakemalpasa motorway leads to the cave. |
| Structural Properties and formation : It was formed on a pronounced fault line within the Jurassic Lower Cretaceous aged limestones. I has a meandering profile; and it consists of two stories. The first storey which developed horizontally leads into the lower level through two shafts of -4 and -9 m. The bottom is covered with blocks; debris; and fossil soil; and it is partly adorned with decorations such as stalactites; stalagmites; columns and wall dripstones. It is a fossil cave; which is dry in all seasons. |
| Research History: It was explored; mapped by MTA and published in 1997. |
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