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Location
: Mersin
The cave is located on the Yalandünya Hill locality,
1 km northwest of Sele Quarter which is at 13 km away
from the Gülnar road separation on the Anamur - Silifke
road.
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Properties
: The cave is partially horizontal, partially
vertical. There are beautiful stalactites, stalagmites
and pillars inside the cave. Cave pearls with large
amounts could be observed. Scattered ceramic pieces
are found inside the great saloon.
There are two entrance locations to the cave which is
developed inside the karstic limestone. The distance
between the entrance points are approximately 100 meters.
One of the entrance is an opening that looks like a
window of 8 x 6 m. size on a cover shaped like a dome
and the descend into the cave could be managed by special
ladders which are 17 meters long.
The descend is directly on an ebuly with approximate
thickness of 30 meters. The slope of the ebuly is nearly
40 degrees. The great saloon here is 92 meters long
and 67 meters wide. After ascending 10 meters, you enter
into a small saloon. From this saloon, it is possible
to reach to the bottom of a shaft with 30 meters depth.
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