Marble Cave | |
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Shpella e Mermerit / Gadimes ( Albanian) | |
Location | Gadime e Ulët, Kosovo |
Coordinates | 42°28′48″N 21°12′20″E / 42.48006°N 21.205538°E |
Discovery | 1966 |
Geology | Karst limestone |
The Marble Cave or the Gadime Cave ( Albanian: Shpella e Mermerit; Serbian: Мермерна пећина/Mermerna pećina) is a karstic limestone cave in the village of Gadime e Ulët in the municipality of Lipjan in Kosovo. [1] [2] Much of it is still unexplored. The cave was found in 1966 by a villager, Ahmet Asllani, who was working on his garden. [3] [4]
Gadime Cave is located within the marble limestones belonging to the Mesozoic era. [1] The cave was formed during the tertiary period. [5] In course of time the marble was subjected to cracking as a result of tectonic erosions. [1]
The entrance to the cave is in two directions. The lower direction is relatively complicated and consists of 3 transverse channels, 2 parallel and curved corridors. The upper direction consists of two combined corridors. The total length of the cave is 1.260 m and its area is 56.25 ha. [1]
Marble Cave | |
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Shpella e Mermerit / Gadimes ( Albanian) | |
Location | Gadime e Ulët, Kosovo |
Coordinates | 42°28′48″N 21°12′20″E / 42.48006°N 21.205538°E |
Discovery | 1966 |
Geology | Karst limestone |
The Marble Cave or the Gadime Cave ( Albanian: Shpella e Mermerit; Serbian: Мермерна пећина/Mermerna pećina) is a karstic limestone cave in the village of Gadime e Ulët in the municipality of Lipjan in Kosovo. [1] [2] Much of it is still unexplored. The cave was found in 1966 by a villager, Ahmet Asllani, who was working on his garden. [3] [4]
Gadime Cave is located within the marble limestones belonging to the Mesozoic era. [1] The cave was formed during the tertiary period. [5] In course of time the marble was subjected to cracking as a result of tectonic erosions. [1]
The entrance to the cave is in two directions. The lower direction is relatively complicated and consists of 3 transverse channels, 2 parallel and curved corridors. The upper direction consists of two combined corridors. The total length of the cave is 1.260 m and its area is 56.25 ha. [1]