Gökgöl Cave
| Gökgöl Cave | |
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Entrance to Gökgöl Cave. | |
  Location of Gilindire Cave in Turkey | |
| Location | Zonguldak Province, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 41°26′35″N 31°49′53″E / 41.44306°N 31.83139°ECoordinates: 41°26′35″N 31°49′53″E / 41.44306°N 31.83139°E |
| Length | 3,350 m (10,990 ft) |
| Discovery | 1976 |
Gökgöl Cave is a cave in Zonguldak Province, Turkey
Location
The cave is close to the city of Zonguldak, where the bird's flight distance to the city is about 5 km (3.1 mi). The entrance of the cave is at the roadside of the highway D.750.
Characteristics
The total length of the cave is 3,350 m (10,990 ft). But only the first 875 m (2,871 ft) of the gallery is open to visits. The gallery in this part is quite level and can easily be accessed. The width of the gallery is 2–15 m (6.6–49.2 ft) and the clearance is 1–18 m (3.3–59.1 ft).[1] The cave is full of stalactites and stalagmites.
History
The cave was discovered in 1976 by Temuçen Aygen, Chris Mauer and Harvery Lomas [2] Between 1997 and 2001, it was arranged for touristic visits.[3] Due to its vicinity to main road, the number of visitors is quite high, and in the first three years between 2001 to 2003, the cave had about 98,000 visitors.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zonguldak governor's page (Turkish)
- ↑ Wowturkey Zoınguldak page (Turkish)
- ↑ Zonguldak page (Turkish)
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