Çukurpınar Cave

Çukurpınar Cave is a cave in Mersin Province, Turkey.

The cave is in the rural area of Anamur ilçe (district) close to Sugözü village. It is next to Egma Sinkhole. The distance from Anamur is about 40 km and from Mersin is about 260 km.

The location is a yayla (temporary summer camp) of Kükür village and the cave was discovered by a citizen of Kükür. The exploration was carried out between 24 July 1989 and 6 September 1992 in five phases by Bümak, the caving club of Boğaziçi University.

The depth of the cave is 1196 m, which makes the cave the third deepest cave in Turkey (the first is the nearby Egma Sinkhole). Its length is 3350 m. There are two ponds in the cave and the water from the ponds is discharged to Dragon Creek.