Shanidar Cave
Shanidar Cave is an archaeological site on Bradost Mountain, within the Zagros Mountains in the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq.
- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 520 metres (1,700 feet)
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as“Shāná Dar”“Shanadar Cave”“Shaneder Cave”“Shanī Dar”“شاندر”
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
36.80035° or 36° 48′ 1″ north
Longitude
44.24566° or 44° 14′ 44″ east
Open location code
8H86R62W+47
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Shanidar Cave” goes by many names.
Shanidar-grotAfrikaans
شانى درArabic
كهف شاندرArabic
ՇանիդարArmenian
Şanidar mağarasıAzerbaijani
ШанідарBelarusian
ShanidarCatalan
ئەشكەتی شانەدەرCentral Kurdish
ئەشکەوتی شانەدەرCentral Kurdish
شانەدەرCentral Kurdish
沙尼达尔洞穴Chinese
沙尼達爾洞穴Chinese
薩尼達洞穴Chinese
ŠanídárCzech
Şikefta ŞanederDimli (individual language)
Şikefta ŞanederîDimli (individual language)
ShanidargrotDutch
كهف شانيدارEgyptian Arabic
ShanidarEsperanto
ShanidarFinnish
ShanidarGalician
מערת שנידארHebrew
Sanidár barlangHungarian
Shanidar caveHungarian
ShanidarItalian
シャニダール洞窟Japanese
ŞanederKurdish
ShanederKurdish
Shanî DerKurdish
ShanidarKurdish
شانەدەرKurdish
شانى دەرKurdish
Spelunca ŠanīdarLatin
ŠanidarasLithuanian
Пештера ШанидарMacedonian
ഷാനിദാർ ഗുഹMalayalam
शानिदार गुहाMarathi
ShanidarNorwegian
ShanidarNorwegian Bokmål
ShanidarhulenNorwegian Bokmål
ShanidargrottaNorwegian Nynorsk
غار شانهدرPersian
SzanidarPolish
ШанидарRussian
ŠanidarSerbian
ШанидарSerbian
Šáná DarSlovak
ŠánídárSlovak
ShanidarSlovak
ŠanidarSlovenian
ShanidarSwedish
Şanidar MağarasıTurkish
ШанидарUkrainian
ШанідарUkrainian
شانہ در غارUrdu
ShanidarUzbek
ShanidarWelsh
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