Korno Cave is located in the northwest of Servili Hill, the highest point of Kyrenia Mountains and the western part of Lapta Mountains. The cave with coordinates 35.33 North, 33.14 East is formed in Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous aged, bluish black and white, gray colored, thick-layered, abundantly cracked, suitable for karstification, crystallized limestones. The cave is a horizontally developed, single-period, single-story, wet and developing cave with a “very wide stairs” extension. Although the ceiling height changes from place to place, it does not exceed 3 m. The entrance of the cave is extremely narrow (2 square meters) and 700 m above sea level. Karstic shapes such as stalactites, stalagmites, columns and travertines attract attention inside. It can be said that the cave is in the maturity process based on its shape and the characteristics formed by the sediments. The area of the cave is approximately 300 m2 and its length is approximately 100 m. Since there has been no entrance for nearly a century, the stalactites, stalagmites and columns in the cave are in very good condition. While the cave carries important clues in determining the karst morphology of the Kyrenia mountains, it is also important in terms of recent history and human geography as it protected Christian monks and their valuables from Arab raids in the 1500s and also sheltered members of the EOKA terrorist organization who escaped from British rule in the 1940s. When this cave is considered together with other caves and natural formations in the region, churches and chapels, it has the potential to contribute to nature walks in particular and to tourism in the country in general.

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A New Record from Karstic Cave Potential in the Girne Range (Cyprus), Cornos Cave

  • Serkan Ilseven

摘要

Korno Cave is located in the northwest of Servili Hill, the highest point of Kyrenia Mountains and the western part of Lapta Mountains. The cave with coordinates 35.33 North, 33.14 East is formed in Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous aged, bluish black and white, gray colored, thick-layered, abundantly cracked, suitable for karstification, crystallized limestones. The cave is a horizontally developed, single-period, single-story, wet and developing cave with a “very wide stairs” extension. Although the ceiling height changes from place to place, it does not exceed 3 m. The entrance of the cave is extremely narrow (2 square meters) and 700 m above sea level. Karstic shapes such as stalactites, stalagmites, columns and travertines attract attention inside. It can be said that the cave is in the maturity process based on its shape and the characteristics formed by the sediments. The area of the cave is approximately 300 m2 and its length is approximately 100 m. Since there has been no entrance for nearly a century, the stalactites, stalagmites and columns in the cave are in very good condition. While the cave carries important clues in determining the karst morphology of the Kyrenia mountains, it is also important in terms of recent history and human geography as it protected Christian monks and their valuables from Arab raids in the 1500s and also sheltered members of the EOKA terrorist organization who escaped from British rule in the 1940s. When this cave is considered together with other caves and natural formations in the region, churches and chapels, it has the potential to contribute to nature walks in particular and to tourism in the country in general.