Marble Cave
Shpella e Mermerit / Gadimes (Albanian)
Map showing the location of Marble Cave
Map showing the location of Marble Cave
Map showing the location of Marble Cave
Map showing the location of Marble Cave
LocationGadime e Ulët, Kosovo
Coordinates42°28′48″N 21°12′20″E / 42.48006°N 21.205538°E / 42.48006; 21.205538
Discovery1966
GeologyKarst 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]

Overview

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]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "HUMAN IMPACTS IN A TOURIST KARSTIC GADIME CAVE (KOSOVA)" (PDF).
  2. ^ Bajraktari, Fadil (2012). "PROTECTION OF KARST CAVES IN KOSOVO". ResearchGate.
  3. ^ Schuman, Michael (14 May 2014). Serbia and Montenegro Nations in Transition. Infobase Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 9781438122526. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. ^ Gadime Cave (Gadime e Ulët), Kosovo. National Geographic: Western Balkans Geotourism Map Guide. Archived 24 January 2014.
  5. ^ Mustafa, Behxhet; Hajdari, Avni; Mustafa, Valmir; Pulaj, Bledar (2018). "Natural Heritage in the Republic of Kosovo: Looking for Potential UNESCO Sites" (PDF). Landscape Online. 63: 1–16. doi:10.3097/LO.201863.

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