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Avshalom Cave

The 119th longest cave in the world

0.1km · Length

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).

More caves in Israel

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