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İnkaya Cave

Coordinates: 38°20′12″N 26°50′33″E / 38.33667°N 26.84250°E / 38.33667; 26.84250
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İnkaya Cave
İnkaya Mağarası
Map showing the location of İnkaya Cave
Map showing the location of İnkaya Cave
Location of İnkaya Cave in Turkey
LocationYelki village, Izmir, Turkey
Coordinates38°20′12″N 26°50′33″E / 38.33667°N 26.84250°E / 38.33667; 26.84250
Length222 m (728 ft)
Height variation5 m (16 ft)

İnkaya Cave (Template:Lang-tr) is a cave located on the eastern slope of Mount Kocadağ at Yelki village in Güzelbahçe, Izmir, western Turkey.[1]

The cave is 222 m (728 ft). The dry cave is developed generally horizontal and partly vertical dry cave. Potsherds found in the cave point the cave was used as a settlement in ancient times.[1]

The cave's geological-geomorphological constitution resulted from some intersectional fractures inside a Cretaceous limestone formation. A wide hall is formed after a steep descent. It is about 20 m (66 ft) wide and in average 5 m (16 ft) high. The hall continues in an inclined gallery towards south. At the end of gallery, a 7 m (23 ft)-deep hole leads to the cave's lowest level and the end.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "İzmir Mağaraları - İnkaya Mağarası" (in Turkish). Kültür ve Turism Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2014-09-12.