TASH-OY

TASH-OY, Tash-Yort (in translation from the Bashkir — “stone house”), cave, a natural monument (1985). Located on the right slope of the Ryauzyak River, 5.5 km SE of Derevnya Sargaevo of Ishimbaysky Raion. Length – 117 m, aver. width – 5,5 m, aver. height – 3.0 m, area – 496 m², volume – 1,500 m³. The entrance in the form of an arch (11 m wide, 7 m high) is located above the boulder slide at the base of a steep rock at the height of 30 m. A gallery with plume-like passages (up to 20 m long) runs from the entrance. The ceiling is smoothly washed, with vertical channels. The floor is covered with clay and sand; calcite covers are in evidence on the walls. The air temperature in summer is 9.5°C.