East Africa
Tanzania
Arusha

Olduvai Gorge

The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge in is one of the most important paleoanthropological localities in the world; the many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution.
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  • Type: Rock with an elevation of 1,460 metres
  • Description: archaeological site in Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Oldoway Gorge”, “Oldupai Gorge”, “Olduvai”, and “Olduwai Gorge”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olduvai Gorge Museum.

Museum
The is located in the in Northern on the edge of the Olduvai Gorge. The museum was founded by Mary Leakey and is now under the jurisdiction of the Tanzanian government's Department of Cultural Antiquities and is managed by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority.

Olduvai Gorge

Latitude
-2.99502° or 2° 59′ 42″ south
Longitude
35.35248° or 35° 21′ 9″ east
Elevation
1,460 metres (4,790 feet)
Open location code
6G9Q2932+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4714983531
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­rock
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
150882
Wiki­data ID
Q217043
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Olduvai Gorge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أولدوفاي”
  • Arabic: “خانق أولدوفاي”
  • Arabic: “مضيق أولدوفاي”
  • Asturian: “gargüelu d’Oldupai”
  • Asturian: “gargüelu d’Olduvai”
  • Asturian: “Gargüelu d’Olduvai”
  • Basque: “Olduwaiko arroila”
  • Belarusian: “Алдувай”
  • Catalan: “Gola d’Olduvai”
  • Catalan: “gorja d’Olduvai”
  • Catalan: “Gorja d’Olduvai”
  • Catalan: “Oldupai”
  • Catalan: “Olduvai”
  • Chinese: “奥杜威峡谷”
  • Chinese: “奥杜瓦伊峡谷”
  • Chinese: “奧杜威峽谷”
  • Czech: “Olduvai”
  • Dutch: “Oldowaikloof”
  • Dutch: “Oldoway”
  • Dutch: “Oldowaykloof”
  • Dutch: “Oldupai”
  • Dutch: “Oldupaikloof”
  • Dutch: “Olduvai”
  • Dutch: “Olduvaikloof”
  • Esperanto: “Valo de Olduvai”
  • Estonian: “Olduvai kuristik”
  • Finnish: “Oldupain rotko”
  • Finnish: “Olduvai Gorge”
  • Finnish: “Olduvain Laakso”
  • Finnish: “Olduvain rotko”
  • French: “Gorge d’Olduvai”
  • French: “gorges d’Olduvai”
  • French: “Gorges d’Olduvai”
  • French: “Gorges d’Olduvaï”
  • French: “Olduvai”
  • Galician: “Garganta de Olduvai”
  • Galician: “olduwai”
  • German: “Oldovai”
  • German: “Oldupai-Schlucht”
  • German: “Oldupai”
  • German: “Olduvai-Schlucht”
  • German: “Olduvai”
  • German: “Olduwaischlucht”
  • Greek: “Φαράγγι του Ολντουβάι”
  • Hebrew: “ערוץ אולדובאי”
  • Hungarian: “Olduvai-szurdok”
  • Indonesian: “Ngarai Olduvai”
  • Irish: “Mám Olduvai”
  • Italian: “Gola di Olduvai”
  • Italian: “Oldupai”
  • Italian: “Olduvai”
  • Italian: “Olduwai”
  • Japanese: “オルドヴァイ”
  • Japanese: “オルドヴァイ峡谷”
  • Japanese: “オルドバイ峡谷”
  • Japanese: “オルドバイ渓谷”
  • Korean: “올두바이 협곡”
  • Korean: “올두바이”
  • Lithuanian: “Olduvajus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Olduvai Gorge”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olduvai”
  • Norwegian: “Olduvai Gorge”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gòrjas d’Olduvai”
  • Persian: “تنگ الدوای”
  • Polish: “Wąwóz Olduvai”
  • Portuguese: “Garganta de Olduvai”
  • Portuguese: “Olduvai”
  • Romanian: “Olduvai Gorge”
  • Russian: “Олдовай”
  • Russian: “Олдувай”
  • Russian: “Олдувайское ущелье”
  • Russian: “Олдувейское ущелье”
  • Serbian: “Olduvajski klanac”
  • Serbian: “Олдувај”
  • Serbian: “Олдувајски кланац”
  • Serbian: “Олдупај”
  • Slovak: “Oldupai”
  • Slovak: “Olduvai”
  • Slovak: “Olduvaiská roklina”
  • Slovak: “Olduvajská roklina”
  • Slovak: “Olduwai Gorge”
  • Slovenian: “Oldovajska soteska”
  • Slovenian: “Oldupai Gorge”
  • Slovenian: “Olduvajska soteska”
  • Slovenian: “Soteska Olduvai”
  • Spanish: “Garganta de Olduvai”
  • Swahili: “Bonde la Olduvai”
  • Swahili: “Bonde la Oltupai”
  • Swahili: “Olduvai Gorge”
  • Swahili: “Olduvai”
  • Swedish: “Olduvai Gorge”
  • Swedish: “Olduvai”
  • Swedish: “Olduvaiklyftan”
  • Tumbuka: “Chinkhwawu cha Olduvai”
  • Turkish: “Olduvai Geçidi”
  • Ukrainian: “Олдувай”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ngoile and Meshili.

Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Olduvai Gorge”. Photo: Mike Krüger, CC BY-SA 4.0.