Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world

Cehennemağzı Cave

The Cehennemağzı Caves (Cehennemağzı Mağaraları) are a series of three quarries lined side by side, in the Karadeniz Ereğli district of Zonguldak Province, northern Turkey. One of the quarries was used as a church in early Christianity, in other words mining was abandoned before. The "cave" is a proper name, not an actual geological classification. Also its easy to mix it up, as those quarries have speleothems, which were growing since the mining ended about 2,000 years ago, so they have decent size.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in Turkey

  1. Dağlı Kuylucu Cave279 m deep
  2. İnkaya Cave30 m deep
  3. Yenisu Cave1.6 km
  4. Yarımburgaz Cave0.5 km
  5. Ayvaini Cave

Other notable caves worldwide

  1. Mammoth Cave · Australia686 km
  2. Sistema Sac Actun · Mexico119.2 m
  3. Lechuguilla Cave · United States489 m
  4. Optymistychna Cave · Ukraine20 m
  5. Veryovkina Cave · Georgia2,212 m
  6. Krubera Cave · Georgia2,199 m
  7. Sarma cave · Georgia1,830 m
  8. Clearwater Cave · Malaysia109 km