İnkaya Cave () is a

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located on the eastern slope of Mount Kocadağ at Yelki village in

Güzelbahçe Güzelbahçe is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 77 km2, and its population is 37,753 (2022). It is situated on the southern coast of the Gulf of İzmir, west of the city centre of İzmi ...

İzmir Province İzmir Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in western Anatolia, situated along the Aegean coast. Its capital is the city of İzmir, which is in itself composed of the province's central 11 districts out of 30 in to ...

, western Turkey. The cave is . The dry cave is developed generally horizontal and partly vertical dry cave. Potsherds found in the cave point the cave was used as a settlement in ancient times. The cave's

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constitution resulted from some intersectional fractures inside a Cretaceous limestone formation. A wide hall is formed after a steep descent. It is about wide and in average high. The hall continues in an inclined gallery towards south. At the end of gallery, a -deep hole leads to the cave's lowest level and the end.

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Caves of Turkey Landforms of İzmir Province Güzelbahçe District {{Izmir-geo-stub