Cehennem Hell Pit Cave, Icel, Mersin Turkey

Location: Icel
The Cehennem (Hell) cave is at 63 km. southwest of Icel ve22 km. away from Silifke. The cave is located at 75 meters east of Cennet Pit.

Properties: The Cehennem (Hell) cave has formed by the collusion of the ceiling because of the erosion of an underground creek inside the Miocene period limestone layers. The cave is elliptical with the dimensions of 50×75 meters. It is steeper and more narrow when compared with the Cennet Pit.

The debris massed at the floor of the pit caused by the collapsed ceiling descends towards west to east with an approximate slope of 30 degrees. Cennet (Paradise) and Cehennem (Hell) Pits are two shafts formed by the collusion of the upper level of a same underground system.

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