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Dağlı Kuylucu Cave

pit cave in Turkey

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ85755941 ↗
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Dağlı Kuylucu Cave or Kuyluç Cave (Turkish: 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.

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