Mount Yitspor Cave, Gilboa
- Grid ref.
- 189480/211353
- Location
- Gilboa
- Elevation
- c. 150 m above sea level
Cave mapView the map (PDF)Cave description:
General:
This cave is a small cave that developed on a north-south axis, by phreatic dissolution processes, in limestone of Eocene age.
The cave entrance opens at the bottom of a low rock step, on the western side of the Gefet cliffs on the southern bank of Nahal Gefet. The cave is characterized by a horizontal floor covered with dark terra rossa soil and a few stones. Its ceiling and walls are smooth and rounded, and many dissolution domes stand out in them.
In the cave there is a presence of porcupines and rock hyraxes, which serve as dispersers of the fleas and cave ticks found in the cave. A single bat of unidentified species was observed in the cave.
Description of the cave space:
The dimensions of the cave entrance are 2X1.2 m, its shape is arched, and it leads to an oval space measuring 4X5 m and whose maximum height reaches 2 m. On the northern side of this space there is a small opening to the surface, located about 1.6 m above the floor of the space, through which much light penetrates into most parts of the cave. On the eastern side of the space, in the area of the cave entrance, there is a wide rock pillar. At the southern end of the space there is a low passage extending about 5 m to the south.
Access:
Access to the cave entrance is not problematic.
* A single bat was observed in the cave - species not identified
Written by: Boaz Langford
