Kan-i-Gut
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Kan-i-Gut cave is a geological protected area (nature monument) located at north slopes of Turkestan Range
in Batken Province
of Kyrgyzstan
. The cave consist of 18 large caverns, deep cavities, and narrow passageways and tunnels. Its length is more than 1 km. From 6 to 11 century the cave served as a lead and iron mine.
Turkestan Range
One of the westernmost extensions of the massive Tian Shan system, the Turkestan Range stretches for a total length of 340 km from the Alay Mountains on the border of Kyrgyzstan with Tajikistan to the Samarkand oasis in Uzbekistan...
in Batken Province
Batken Province
Batken Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Batken. It is bounded on the east by Osh Province, on the south, west and north by Tajikistan and on the northeast by Uzbekistan. The northern part of the province is part of the flat, agricultural Ferghana Valley...
of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
. The cave consist of 18 large caverns, deep cavities, and narrow passageways and tunnels. Its length is more than 1 km. From 6 to 11 century the cave served as a lead and iron mine.