Lysenia Cave is a

cavern Caves or caverns are natural voids under the Earth's surface. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. Exogene caves are smaller openings that extend a relatively short distance underground (such as rock sh ...

in the village of

Shmankivtsi Shmankivtsi (, ) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Zavodske settlement hromada. It is the administrative center of the former Shmankivtsi Village Council. Additionally, the village encompasses the former locality of Strusiv ...

Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion () is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of History In the Second Polish Republic, the area belonged to the County of Kopczync ...

Ternopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast (), also referred to as Ternopilshchyna () or Ternopillia (), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its Capital (political), administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret (river), Seret, a tribu ...

, Ukraine.

General characteristics

Cadastral number - No. 27, registered in the Ternopil Speleological Club "Podillia".''Володимир Добрянський'', Печера Лисеня поблизу Шманьківців: пошук невідомого, ''Голос народу'', No. 5 (3.2.2017), s. 5, (Знахідка).''Володимир Добрянський,'
Печера Лисеня поблизу Шманьківців: пошук невідомого (фото)
''Золота Пектораль'', 19.09.2017 The cave has been known since ancient times. The description and survey were made on April 27, 1965 by speleologists of the Ternopil club "Podillya" Serhii Budennyi, Valentyn Piatapal, Ihor Martynyshyn. By type the cavity is labyrinthine and erosive-corrosive. The entrance to the cave was located on the northern slope of a small ravine on the left bank of the river Nichlava. Azimuth binding is the church with.

Shmankivchyky Shmankivchyky village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Zavodske settlement hromada. Administrative center of the former Shmankivchyky village council. Geography Located 12 km from the district center and 2.5 km from the ep ...

- 305 ° at a distance of 2 kilometers. The total length of the passages is 34 m, its area is 46 km and the volume is 70 m. The width of the passages in the cave is from 0.9 to 2.5 m, and the height from 0.5 to 1.8 meters.

Description

The cave is laid in gray sandstone of gray hue, it is horizontal, there are no cracks in the ceiling and walls. According to the genesis of formation, this cavity is of the corrosion-suffusion type. Clay deposits were observed at the bottom. In cross section it is flat, sometimes domed, had three dead ends, which fell sharply, but their end is not traced. The cave is wet, but did not have constant watercourses, which has its own constant microclimatic regime, except for the entrance, which depended on weather conditions and seasons. Refers to small caves, which are most often inhabited in ancient times by man. Unfortunately, the entrance to the cave was now covered with soil, which gradually sank down in the process of water erosion.

References

{{reflist Shmankivtsi Caves of Ternopil Oblast