Cennet and Cehennem are situated next to each other. Cennet is situated at Шаблон:Coord and Cehennem is at Шаблон:Coord. Both of them are in the rural area of the Silifke district which in turn is a part of Mersin Province. They are accessible by a Шаблон:Convert long all season open road from the main highway (D 400). The highway distances are Шаблон:Convert to Silifke and Шаблон:Convert to Mersin. They are close to the coastal town of Narlıkuyu.
The opening of Cennet is 250 x 110 m2 (820 x 360 ft2) and its average depth is Шаблон:Convert. It is possible to reach the bottom of Cennet by a primitive staircase composed of 300 steps. In 2020 also an elevator was established. At the bottom toward the south, there is a smaller and 150 step deeper cave. In this cave are the ruins of a monastery built in the 5th century by a certain Paulus and dedicated to Virgin Mary. In this monastery one can hear the sound of a small underground stream which flows from the monastery to the gulf of Narlıkuyu.[1]
Cehennem
Cehennem is a deeper sinkhole with a depth of Шаблон:Convert. But its top opening is smaller with dimensions 70 x 50 m2 ( 210 x 150 ft2 ). As the upper edge of the opening is concave there is no access to the bottom of Cehennem.
