Ajydaar-Üngkür (Kyrgyz: Ажыдаар үңкүр) is a karst cave near the Dangi Canyon in Nookat District, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan.[1][2] It consists of a large tunnel which goes more than 120 metres into the limestone mountain and is notable for the fact that it is home to Kyrgyzstan’s only colony of bats.[3] The bat colony consists of Lesser Mouse-Eared Bats and Greater Horseshoe Bats.[4]
| Ajydaar-Üngkür | |
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| Location | Nookat District, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan |
| Coordinates | 40°21′18″N 72°36′22″E / 40.355°N 72.606°E |
| Established | 1975 |
It is a geological protected area (since 1975) located at slopes of the mountain Töömoyun.[1] Two hundred metres from Ajydaar-Üngkür, on the same southern slope, is a cavity 60 metres deep and which descends in impressive onyx steps. The cave has two entrances: a natural entrance, in the form of a karst well 20 metres deep, and a manmade one, which provides easy access to the lower, more beautiful section of the cave.
References
edit- ^ a b "Ажыдаар үңкүр" [Ajydaar-Üngkür] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 317.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 86–91.
- ^ "Caves - Kyrgyzstan". www.kyrgyzjer.com.
- ^ Ошская область: Энциклопедия [Osh Oblast Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Frunze: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1994. p. 445.
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