Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 University Professor

2 Professor at Tarbiat Moallem University, Geologist

3 Member of Faculty, Islamic Azad University of Rasht

Abstract

Buzkhaneh Cave is approximately located in the geographical position of 30’’ 52 ‘ 48o of eastern longitude, 7’’ 11  37o of northern latitude and at an altitude of 2,500 m in the mountain ranges of Talesh in the northwest of Masouleh town, which neighbors the mountain Dash Blaq on the north, Jalalabad on the northeast, Rokn Abad on the south, Buzkhaneh Daghi on the east and highlands on the west.
This cave is known as Yakhkun in the local language, because they use cave’s ice to prepare drinking water (Buzkhaneh = ice house)