Chil-Ustun
Chil-Ustun | |
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IUCN category III (natural monument or feature) | |
Location | Aravan District, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan |
Chil-Ustun Cave (Kyrgyz: Чил-Устун үңкүрү) also known as Aravan Cave is located in the Southwest of Kyrgyzstan in the Osh Mountains, composed of Paleozoic limestones, in 3.5 km from Aravan, Kyrgyzstan.[1] It is a protected natural monument.[2] The cave belongs to the group of Karst caves of outlier mountains to the west of Osh.[3][4]
The entrance to the cave forms a 15 meter tall and approximately 25 meter wide arc. The cave is 380 meters long [5] or up to 350 meters according to another source.[4] It is located in a rock formation at 1100 meters above sea level. The entrance is located on a steep, oblique rock face.
The cave's existence has been known since mediaeval times as attested by Arabic inscriptions on the walls.
The cave consists of 3 chambers of different sizes, connected with corridors and narrow openings. The largest chamber is 85 m X 40 m X 20 m in size.
Inside the cave, stalactites and stalagmites (columns) reach heights of over 50 meters. These forms vary in color, from white and cream to dark brown.
References
- ^ "Чилустун үңкүрү" [Chilustun cave] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 319.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 86–91.
- ^ Chikishev, Anatoliy Grigorevich (1973). Пещеры на территории СССР [Caves in the USSR]. Настоящее и будущее Земли и человечества (in Russian). Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR: Nauka publisher. p. 85.
- ^ a b Ошская область:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Osh Oblast] (in Russian). Frunze: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1987. p. 432.
- ^ "Chil-Ustun Cave". Centralasia-adventures.com. 1990-01-01. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
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