The Apple Cave

The Elmalı cave is located within the boundaries of the Elmalı neighborhood, about 1.5 km from the Maden Köprübaşı Municipality, which belongs to the Ispir district of Erzurum Province. The cave, which developed in the ventilation zone and has reached the stage of old age as of today, is a fossil cave from a hydrological point of view. The cave, which is located 210 m above the valley floor, was formed in old Jura-Cretaceous limestones. Only a quarter of a mile from the entrance. It has been found that the cave continues downhill from this point, which can be reached to the upper part and cannot be entered to the other parts due to the danger of rock falling. - 17 m between the entrance and the last point reached. There's a difference. The cave, consisting of two galleries connected to each other and extending in parallel and a total of 8 halls, has shallow lakes, a wide variety of drip formations (Sarkit, dikit, column, etc. And it's about a foot and a half thick. There are deposits of bat feces (Bat Guano).