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Ayvacik Düdeni



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

Region:
Aegean
Province:
Izmir
District:
Ödemis
Village:
Gölcük


TAYEx:
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Registration State:
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Location: It is located at the bottom of the range of hills between the Subatan Plateau and the Ayvacik Plateau of the Odemis District.
Geography and Environment: Today being an active cave; it has percolation of rainwater and snowmelt. The dimension of the entrance is approximately 2x2 m. A 2 m descent leads into the start of the first incline; when the arm on the left side is followed. The structure of the cave causes rubbing at several points during ribbing; therefore a rope protector and hose must be used. Initially vertical; the cave gets horizontal at around -120 m. The horizontal part can be advanced by walking. There are plenty of whirlpools here; which can only be passed either by taking hold of the walls or chimneying. It ends up with a -228 m siphon. During the surveys carried out by Wolozan; a French caver and his team; the length reached to a total of 1822 m by addition of new branches [Wolozan 1993:3].
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