Shanidar Cave

Shanidar Cave is an archaeological site on , within the Zagros Mountains in the of in northern .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Šáná Dar”, “Šanídár”, “Šánídár”, “Sanidár barlang”, “Schanidar”, “Schanidar-Hōhle”, “Shāná Dar”, “Shanadar”, “Shānadar”, “Shanadar Cave”, “Shaneder Cave”, “Shanī Dar”, “Shānidar”, “Shanidar cave”, “Shanidar-Hole”, “Shanidarhulen”, “ئەشكەتی شانەدەر”, “شاندر”, and “薩尼達洞穴”

Shanidar Cave

Latitude
36.80035° or 36° 48′ 1″ north
Longitude
44.24566° or 44° 14′ 44″ east
Elevation
517 metres (1,696 feet)
Open location code
8H86R62W+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9500642519
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
91088
Wiki­data ID
Q909799
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Shanidar Cave” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Shanidar-grot”
  • Arabic: “شانى در”
  • Arabic: “كهف شاندر”
  • Armenian: “Շանիդար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şanidar mağarası”
  • Belarusian: “Шанідар”
  • Catalan: “Shanidar”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەشکەوتی شانەدەر”
  • Chinese: “沙尼达尔洞穴”
  • Chinese: “沙尼達爾洞穴”
  • Czech: “Šánidar”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Şikefta Şaneder”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Şikefta Şanederî”
  • Dutch: “Shanidargrot”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف شانيدار”
  • Esperanto: “Shanidar”
  • Finnish: “Shanidar”
  • French: “Shanidar”
  • Galician: “Shanidar”
  • German: “Shanidar”
  • Hebrew: “מערת שנידאר”
  • Hungarian: “Sanidár-barlang”
  • Italian: “Shanidar”
  • Japanese: “シャニダール洞窟”
  • Kurdish: “Şaneder”
  • Kurdish: “Shaneder”
  • Kurdish: “Shanî Der”
  • Kurdish: “شانەدەر”
  • Kurdish: “شانى دەر”
  • Latin: “Spelunca Šanīdar”
  • Lithuanian: “Šanidaras”
  • Macedonian: “Пештера Шанидар”
  • Malayalam: “ഷാനിദാർ ഗുഹ”
  • Marathi: “शानिदार गुहा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shanidar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shanidargrotta”
  • Norwegian: “Shanidar”
  • Persian: “غار شانه‌در”
  • Polish: “Szanidar”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Xanidar”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna Shanidar”
  • Russian: “Шанидар”
  • Serbian: “Šanidar”
  • Serbian: “Шанидар”
  • Slovak: “Šánidar”
  • Slovenian: “Šanidar”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Shanidar”
  • Swedish: “Shanidar”
  • Turkish: “Şanidar Mağarası”
  • Ukrainian: “Шанідар”
  • Urdu: “شانہ در غار”
  • Uzbek: “Shanidar”
  • Welsh: “Shanidar”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: شانەدەر and Bekres.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Shanada PlayGround and شانەدەر.

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