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Type:
Horizontal Cave
Altitude:
1170 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Eskisehir
District:
Mihaliēcik
Village:
Sorkun


TAYEx:
-

Registration State:
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Location: It is located on the right slope of the Caybogazi Creek; 2 km north of the Sokrun Village which lies 15 km northwest of Mihaliccik. The road running along the Caybogazi Creek after the Sorkun Village joint on the Mihaliccik-Nallihan motorway reaches to top of the cave after 1.5 km. It is reached by a 10 minute walk from that point.
Geography and Environment: It is a fossil cave which halted its development. It has two entrances. It extends in the northwest-southeast direction within the Permo-Triassic marbles. The roof height varies between 1 and 5 m. The bottom is filled with a thick fossil oil as well as sand; pebbles and debris.
Destruction Details:


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