Caves of Turkey - Karaca Cave, List of Caves in Turkey, Karain Cave, Egma, Ayvaini Cave, Savangin, Plutonium (Paperback)

Chapters: Karaca Cave, List of Caves in Turkey, Karain Cave, Egma, Ayvaini Cave, Savangin, Plutonium. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Karaca Cave (known locally as Karaca Maaras) is a network of caves located near the Turkish town of Torul. Although the cave is known by the people living in that region, it became open to tourism as a result of the scientific research conducted by Sukru Eroz, a geological engineer from Cebeli Village, between the years 1983-1990. Prof. Dr. Remzi Dilek and his team from the department of Geological Engineering in K.T.U (Karadeniz Technical University) contributed a lot of research and scientific studies of the cave. As a result of these studies, it was opened to tourism in 1996 after the Ministry of Culture and Tourism was informed and the cave was officially registered. As it is known, caves were first natural shelters used by human beings. Therefore, they attract the attention of many researchers and compel them to study them. Moreover, discoveries of the beauties and mystery in the caves can make some people happy. Apart from this, the caves provide the facilities for performing exciting sports (rock climbing included), as well as furthering the science of speleology. Karaca Cave is surrounded by the borders of Cebeli Village, which is in Torul. It is 17 km far away from the city center and 1550 m high from the sea level. The cave attracts the most tourists in Gumushane. The cave can be arrived by following the 4 km road which is separated from the 12th km of the Gumushane-Trabzon highway. There are restaurants and other small stores located near the cave. In the area extending between Gumushane and Torul, super-crustacean formations have been extensively scattered out. These generally consist of andeziti...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=920979