Karaca Cave
Karaca Cave is a network of caves located near the town of Torul in Gümüşhane Province, Turkey. Although the cave was known to 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.Photo: Ghanevalilik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalkanlı and Dibekli.
Kalkanlı
Village
Photo: Sinan Şahin, CC BY 3.0.
Kalkanlı is a village, which is situated 8 km north of Karaca Cave.
Dibekli
Village
Dibekli is a village in Gümüşhane District, Gümüşhane Province in Turkey. Its population is 236. Dibekli is situated 8 km south of Karaca Cave.
Torul
Town
Photo: Zcebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Torul is a town in Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Torul District. Its population is 5,794. The town lies at an elevation of 1,020 m. Torul is situated 9 km west of Karaca Cave.
Karaca Cave
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Turkey
- Categories: show cave and landform
- Location: Gumushane, Gümüşhane Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
40.54429° or 40° 32′ 40″ northLongitude
39.40289° or 39° 24′ 10″ eastOpen location code
8GGXGCV3+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 4874702122OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q4810702
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Karaca Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف كاراجا”
- Azerbaijani: “Qaraca mağarası”
- Basque: “Karaca leizea”
- Basque: “Karakako leizea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف كاراجا”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karaca Mağarası”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karacagrotta”
- Russian: “Караджайская пещера”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Karaca”
- Turkish: “Karaca Mağarası”
- Uzbek: “Karaja gʻori”
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