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Avshalom Cave

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The 119th longest cave in the world

0.1km · Length
Avshalom Cave
Avshalom Cave. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Avshalom Cave (Me'arat Avshalom), known in academic literature as Soreq Cave (Me'arat Soreq, Mghar Suriq) and popularly as Stalactites Cave (Me'arat HaNetifim), is a 5,000 m2 cave on the western side of Mt. Ye'ela, in the Judean hills in Israel, known for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations. It is a popular show cave, as well as a highly valued witness of the climate evolution over the last 185,000 years.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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