Kaklık Cave
Kaklık Cave is a touristic cave in Turkey.
Location
[edit]The cave is in Kaklık town of Denizli Province at 37°52′24″N 29°23′7″E / 37.87333°N 29.38528°E[2] Its distance to Denizli is about 30 kilometres (19 mi).[3] Visitors to the cave follow the highway to east and in Kaklık town they turn to north. The cave was opened to visits in 2002. There are a small amphitheatre, a swimming pool and a cafeteria in and around the cave.
The cave
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The cave is full of dripstones, stalactites and stalagmites. There are also travertine formations and a small thermal lake at the bottom of the cave. The cave was formed by rift ponor. It is popularly called small Pamukkale referring to Pamukkale, a well known touristic place to the west of the cave.
Hyrochemical characteristics of the lake
[edit]According to the governor of Denizli Province the Hyrochemical characterisrtics of the lake water is as follows[3]
- Acidity (Ph):6.85
- Water hardness:116.9
- Amonium:None
- Chlorine (active): None
- Calcium: 286.17 mgr/lt
- Magnesium:110.62 mgr/lt