Çukurpınar Cave is a cave in

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. The cave is in the rural area of

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(district) close to Sugözü village. It is next to Egma Sinkhole. The distance from Anamur is about and from

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is about . The location is a yayla (temporary summer camp) of Kükür village and the cave was discovered by a citizen of Kükür. The exploration was carried out between 24 July 1989 and 6 September 1992 in five phases by Bümak, the caving club of

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. The depth of the cave is , which makes the cave the third deepest cave in Turkey (the first is the nearby Egma Sinkhole). Its length is . There are two ponds in the cave and the water from the ponds is discharged to Dragon Creek.Anamur news
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