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Location
: Mersin
The cave is at 63 km. southwest of Mersin and 22 km. away
from Silifke. The cave is located at 75 meters east
of Cennet Pit.
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Properties
: The cave has formed by the collusion of the
ceiling because of the erosion of an underground creek
inside the Miocene period limestone layers. The cave
is elliptical with the dimensions of 50x75 meters. It
is steeper and more narrow when compared with the Cennet
Pit. The debris massed at the floor of the pit caused
by the collapsed ceiling descends towards west to east
with an approximate slope of 30 degrees.
Cennet and Cehennem Pits are two shafts formed by the
collusion of the upper level of a same underground system.
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