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Magaza



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Type:
Vertical Cave
Altitude:
1295 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Eskisehir
District:
Han
Village:
Merkez


TAYEx:
-

Registration State:
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Location: It is located where the Uccam and Magara Creeks join; 10 m high from the base of the valley on the left bank of the Uccam Creek flowing into the Sakarya River; 5 km southwest of the Han District; about 95 km southeast of Eskisehir. It can be reached from the Eskisehir-Cifteler-Han or Eskisehir-Seyitgazi-Han motorways. The road passing over the Uccam Creek; running to the Pecenek and Mallica villages from Han passes by the cave.
Geography and Environment: It is a fossil cave which halted its development. It drops into a -13.5m steep shaft. Having soil; pebbles and debris at the bottom; it has wall dripstones in the final zone.
Destruction Details:


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