Lysenia Cave is a
cavern
A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea ...
in the village of
Shmankivtsi
Shmankivtsi ( uk, Шманьківці, pl, Szmańkowce) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Zavodske settlement hromada. It is the administrative center of the former Shmankivska village council. Shmankivtsi includes the ham ...
,
Chortkiv Raion
Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of U ...
,
Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...
, Ukraine.
General characteristics
Cadastral number - № 27, registered in the Ternopil Speleological Club "Podillia".
[''Володимир Добрянський'', Печера Лисеня поблизу Шманьківців: пошук невідомого, ''Голос народу'', № 5 (3.2.2017), s. 5, (Знахідка).][''Володимир Добрянський,']
Печера Лисеня поблизу Шманьківців: пошук невідомого (фото)
''Золота Пектораль'', 19.09.2017
The cave has been known since ancient times. The description and survey were made on April 27, 1965 by speleologists of the Ternopil club "Podillya" Serhii Budennyi, Valentyn Piatapal, Ihor Martynyshyn.
By type the cavity is labyrinthine and erosive-corrosive.
The entrance to the cave was located on the northern slope of a small ravine on the left bank of the river
Nichlava Nichlava (medieval name - Sarnik) is a river in Ukraine, within the Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. Left tributary of the Dniester ( Black Sea basin).
Description and location
Length 83 km. The catchment area is 871 km. The slope of ...
. Azimuth binding is the church with.
Shmankivchyky
Shmankivchyky village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Zavodske settlement hromada. Administrative center of the former Shmankivchyky village council.
Geography
Located 12 km from the district center and 2.5 km from the ep ...
- 305 ° at a distance of 2 kilometers.
The total length of the passages is 34 m,
its area is 46 km and the volume is 70 m. The width of the passages in the cave is from 0.9 to 2.5 m, and the height from 0.5 to 1.8 meters.
Description
The cave is laid in gray sandstone of gray hue, it is horizontal, there are no cracks in the ceiling and walls. According to the genesis of formation, this cavity is of the corrosion-suffusion type. Clay deposits were observed at the bottom. In cross section it is flat, sometimes domed, had three dead ends, which fell sharply, but their end is not traced.
The cave is wet, but did not have constant watercourses, which has its own constant microclimatic regime, except for the entrance, which depended on weather conditions and seasons.
Refers to small caves, which are most often inhabited in ancient times by man. Unfortunately, the entrance to the cave was now covered with soil, which gradually sank down in the process of water erosion.
References
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Shmankivtsi
Caves of Ternopil Oblast