| Marble Cave | |
| Map: | Kosovo#Europe |
| Location: | Gadime e Ulët, Kosovo |
| Coords: | 42.4801°N 21.2055°W |
| Discovery: | 1966 |
| Geology: | Karst limestone |
| Other Name: | Shpella e Mermerit / Gadimes (Albanian) |
| Relief: | 1 |
The Marble Cave or the Gadime Cave (Albanian: Shpella e Mermerit; Serbian: Мермерна пећина/Mermerna pećina) is a karstic limestone cave in the village of Gadime e Ulët in the municipality of Lipjan in Kosovo.[1] [2] Much of it is still unexplored. The cave was found in 1966 by a villager, Ahmet Asllani, who was working on his garden.[3]
Gadime Cave is located within the marble limestones belonging to the Mesozoic era.[1] The cave was formed during the tertiary period.[4] In course of time the marble was subjected to cracking as a result of tectonic erosions.[1]
The entrance to the cave is in two directions. The lower direction is relatively complicated and consists of 3 transverse channels, 2 parallel and curved corridors. The upper direction consists of two combined corridors. The total length of the cave is 1.260 m and its area is 56.25 ha.[1]