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Dağlı Kuylucu Cave

The 9th deepest cave in the world

The 87th longest cave in the world

279m · Depth
0.4km · Length

Dağlı Kuylucu Cave or Kuyluç Cave (Dağlı Kuylucu Mağarası or Kuyluç Mağarası) is a pit cave located in Kastamonu Province, Turkey. Dağlı Kuylucu Cave is situated at Dağlı village in Cide district of Kastamonu Province, northern Turkey. The vertical cave is 279 m (915 ft) deep and has a length of 445 m (1, 460 ft). The cave was discovered in the early 1990s, and was explored by Boğaziçi University Cave Exploration Club in 1993.

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

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