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Location
: Elazig, Harput Subdistrict.
Buzluk Cave is located at 12 km. distance from Elazig
and is northeast of historic Harput sub district and
is at a locality of watching hill of Keban Dam lake.
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Properties
: Because of its geomorphologic structure and
characteristics of climatologic conditions and air circulation,
the natural layers of Buzluk Cave form shapes of ice
as stalactites and stalagmites in summer and on the
contrary in winter no ice formation is present and hot
air is obtained. The local folk states that the ice
formed inside the cave is used in the cure of some diseases.
The formation of the cave is possibly because of the
piling of rocks onto each other after a great collusion.
The field around the cave is suitable for tree plantation
and could be utilized as promenade.
It is a known fact that the history of Buzluk Cave extends
to the periods before the establishment of Harput, whose
establishment date reaches to Urartus.
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