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Dimmuborgir, the "Dark Castles" Dimmuborgir (dimmu "dark", borgir "cities" [1] or "forts", "castles"; pronounced [ˈtɪmːʏˌpɔrcɪr̥]) is a large area of unusually shaped lava fields east of Mývatn in Iceland. The Dimmuborgir area is composed of various volcanic caves and rock formations, reminiscent of an ancient collapsed citadel (hence ...
Location Year listed UNESCO criteria Description Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece 9 locations 2014 ii, iv, v (cultural) The fortification system changed with the advent of gunpowder and thus more destructive means of warfare. Nine sites that are listed in this nomination represent examples of fortresses with bastions. They were ...
The cave system is composed of limestone and dolomite. The main cave contains a pool of cobalt blue water, which is popularly called Sleeping Pool or Chirorodziva ("Pool of the Fallen"). [ 2 ] Divers have discovered a submarine passage leading from the Bat Cave , a subchamber of the Dark Cave to another room known as the Blind Cave .
The deepest caves in Greece in order of depth are: Cave of the Lion, Trou de Leon (in French) in the Lefka Ori mountains, Crete.Explored depth −1,110m (2008) ending in a sump but exploration of leads is ongoing.
The depth value is measured from the highest to the lowest accessible cave point. # Name Depth (m) Length (km) Country coordinates 1 Krubera-Voronja Cave:
Tsipouro. Tsipouro (Greek: τσίπουρο, romanized: tsípouro) is an un-aged brandy from Greece and in particular Thessaly, Epirus, Macedonia.Tsipouro is a strong distilled spirit containing 40–45% alcohol by volume and is produced from either the pomace (the residue of the winepress) or from the wine after the grapes and juice have been separated.
The microscopic cave snail Zospeum tholussum, found at depths of 743 to 1,392 m (2,438 to 4,567 ft) in the Lukina Jama–Trojama cave system of Croatia, is completely blind with a translucent shell Troglofauna are small cave -dwelling animals that have adapted to their dark surroundings.
The Dark Divide is a 2020 feature film based ... wildlife and getting lost in a cave. When he completes the hike, taking far more days than he had expected to, he ...