Tschil Ustun
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| Location: | Osh , Kyrgyzstan | |
| Height : | 1100 m | |
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40 ° 32 '15 " N , 72 ° 31' 29" E | |
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| Type: | Karst cave | |
| Overall length: | 400 m | |
The Tschil Ustun cave is located in the Osh region in southwest Kyrgyzstan . It is a karst cave with a length of 400 meters.
location
Tschil Ustun is located about 23 kilometers west of Osh near the town of Arawan . Geographically, the cave is located on the transition from the Ferghana Valley , in which the city of Osh is located, to the Alai Mountains , which characterize the southwest of Kyrgyzstan and the border region to Tajikistan . In the vicinity of the Tschil Ustun cave there are several other caves that are protected as natural monuments together with Tschil Ustun .
description
The Tschil Ustun is a karst cave that was created by dissolving limestone. The entrance to the cave is on the southern slope of a 1460 m high mountain above a steep rock at an altitude of 1100 meters. The cave has a total length of 400 meters and consists of three halls of different sizes, which are connected by sometimes very narrow corridors. The largest chamber has a length of 100 meters, a width of 50 meters and a height of 20 meters. The halls of the Tschil Ustun cave are characterized by numerous stalagmites and stalactites , which probably also gave the cave its name, which is borrowed from Tajik ( chil ) and Uzbek ( ustun ) and means 40 piles . The interior of the cave is characterized by very different types of rock and associated colors, which range from light, cream-colored tones to dark brown. The age of the cave is estimated to be 350 million years.
The cave is completely natural, there is no infrastructure for visitors in the area or in the cave itself. Visitors should therefore consult a local guide for a tour.
discovery
Inside the cave there are numerous Arabic inscriptions on the walls, which indicate that the cave has been known for many centuries. The first description of the cave by a European dates back to 1877 by the artist M. Müller, who came to the region as part of a French expedition and also described the Tschil Ustun cave in his notes.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laurence Mitchell: Kyrgyzstan . S. 280 .
- ↑ Chil-Ustun Cave - Speleotour - Asia Adventures. Accessed November 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Chil-Ustun Caves. Retrieved November 17, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Super User: Sacred Geography of Kyrgyzstan: Chil-Ustun. Retrieved November 17, 2019 (UK English).
- ^ Dagmar Schreiber, Stephan Flechtner: Kyrgyzstan . 6th edition. Trescher Verlag, Berlin, p. 302 .