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Wildenmannlisloch (Paleolithic living cave)

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Wildenmannlisloch (also Wildmannlisloch, lit.'little wild man's hole') is an Alpine limestone karst cave in the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, on the northern slope of the Churfirsten range (ca. 2 km [1.2 mi] due north of Selun) peak, at an elevation of 1,640 metres (5, 380 ft) a.s.l.

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