Call of Turkey: crater

Balcam Cave (Turkish: Balcam Mağarası) is located in the Balcam village, Emirdağ district of Afyonkarahisar Province.

Yarımburgaz Cave (Turkish: Yarımburgaz Mağarası) is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and was chosen for 1. Degree Arhaeological Natural Protected Area status. It's about 22 kilometre wes of Istanbul and 1,5 kilometres north of the Küçükcekmece Lake. By researching, important documents of Paleolithic Age were found in Yarımburgaz Cave.

Tuluntas Cave (Turkish: Tuluntaş Mağarası) is located in the Gölbaşı district Ankara Province. Total length of the cave is 5 km.

Çılga Cave (Turkish: Çılga Mağarası) is located in the Urla district of the Izmir Province.

İkigöz Cave (Turkish: İkigöz Mağarası) is located in the Çatalca district of İstanbul Province. The cave is 4816 m long.

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Kupe Hole

Küpe Hole (Turkish: Küpe Çukuru) is located in the Seydişehir district of Konya Province. Te elevation of the hole is 1906 m.

Coordinates: 37° 23' 14.44" N 31° 45' 14.12" E

Photo by HÜSEYİN Bostanci

Photo by ferhatulgan

Agri Meteor Crater

Ağrı Meteor Crater (Turkish: Ağrı Meteor Çukuru) is located in the Doğubeyazıt district of Ağrı Province. The crater is the second largest crater in the world. It has a 60 meters depth. A meteor fell here in 1892.

Coordinates: 39° 25' 15.15" N 44° 24' 7.84" E