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Location
: Isparta, Egirdir District.
The cave is located at the northern skirts of Inönü
Hill which is 1.5 km south of Sariidris village. Reaching
to the cave from the village is possible via tractor.
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Properties
: The cave is 227 meters long and is horizontal
and dry. In precipitant seasons, some small lakes are
formed inside some branches of the cave. The cave is
generally dry. The temperature inside the cave is 16ºC.
The atmosphere moisture is 82 percent.
Inönü Cave has developed among the cracks in various
directions inside the Jura - Creates aged limestone
which are sitting on the Inönü Hill as a skullcap. Under
this limestone layer, dolomite and locally Marian layers
of Trias age. The cave could not developed deeper because
of these non - karstic layers.
Inönü Cave had been developed in horizontal direction
and as narrow galleries from the entrance. There is
only a wide saloon at the entrance section. Here, there
is a thick ground layer and inside this layer there
are numerous skeleton parts. Therefore, it is understood
that this section of the cave is either accommodated
or used as a burial ground. Most of the galleries are
empty, but there are numerous damlatas formations in
some branches.
The cave is known by the local folk for a long period
and a lot of skeleton pieces were discovered at an area
close to the cave entrance. No investigations on this
fact had been executed.
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