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Iazoni Cave Natural Monument
Iazoni Cave Natural Monument (Georgian: იაზონის მღვიმე) also known as Tskaltsitela Cave[2] is a karst cave located across the river Tskaltsitela near village Godogni, Terjola Municipality, just outside Kutaisi in Imereti region of Georgia, 135 metres above sea level.[3] Cave is on the right bank of Tskaltsitela river, the tributary of the Rioni, near Godogni village bridge. MorphologyIazoni cave is carved in the Lower Cretaceous limestone, which is a riverbed material. Cave total length is 40 meters. Cave is notable for it arch-shaped ceilings naturally decorated with small stalactites accompanied by stalagmites on the floor. Width of the cave is quickly reduced to 2.5 m at a distance of just 10 m from the entrance and the ceiling height decreases to 0.5 m closer to the cave end section. Silty muck makes cave floor slippery and access to cave difficult.[4] Fauna and paleontological findingsThe cave provides shelter to various animals.[2] It is home to troglofauna such as Troglocaris (Xiphocaridinella) kutaissiana (Sadowsky, 1930).[1] Paleontological findings of animal bones and flint tools established presence of cave dwellers of the Paleolithic Age.[5] See alsoReferences Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iazoni Cave Natural Monument.
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