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Kocaçayirlar



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

Region:
Marmara
Province:
Kirklareli
District:
Vize
Village:
Sergen


TAYEx:
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Registration State:
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Location: Located 3 km southwest of the Sergen Town; 20 km northwest of the Vize District; it lies on a plain area at the northern skirt of the Davalipinar Hill. It can be reached from Sergen or Pinarhisar. The Vize-Kücükyayla-Sergen or Pinarhisar-Sogucak-Sergen motorways lead near to the cave.
Geography and Environment: It was formed on a fault over the northwest-southeast directed Argillaceous-arenaceous limestones within the Eocene Kirklareli limestones surfacing over a large area. Consisting of two big halls; it houses a thick fossil soil as well as blocks; debris and pebbles at the bottom. There is no speleothems in the halls due to lack of any relation with surface waters and their very close position to the surface. It has been entirely fossilized; and halted its development.
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