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Location
: Zonguldak
The cave which is situated in Kizilelma quarter of Ayiçi
Village of Gelik District of Zonguldak Province can
easily be reached by cars.
Properties : Water of Aydin
Creek and Büyükay Creek sinks at the active inlet. The
cave is entered through the fossil inlet (30x10m.) located
at the upper part, and after 100 meters water is met.
The cave continues
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horizontally together
with the water. After the first 100 meters, it is possible
to go by creeping for 400 meters, a siphon of 10 meters
exists. This siphon can be passed in the Autumn. The
gallery in the cave has great dimensions after the siphon.
At the 3200th m. of the cave which continues as a single
active gallery basically, there is a chimney with the
height of 80 meters which is enough to illuminate the
lake at the base. The cave continuing 3 km. along with
the lakes ends with the 2nd siphon. The researches related
with some branches and the last siphon in the cave has
not been concluded, yet. It has been determined via
the researches carried out by paint experiments that
the sunk water appears in Cumayani Cave after 2 km.
Thus, the total length of the underground system (Kizilelma
- Cumayani) reaches to 10kms. Once, it was the longest
cave system of Turkey. However, when it has been discovered
that Pinargözü Cave has a length of 12 km. in 1991,
this cave has been placed in the 2nd order. Its siphons,
areas of crippling, lakes and funnel of 80 meters are
the characteristics, or perhaps the most exciting aspects
of the cave. As there is a danger of flood in the rainy
periods, the season and the weather forecast should
be taken into consideration while entering the cave.
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