Olduvai Gorge
The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge is a paleoanthropological site in northern Tanzania. Many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Rock
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,460 metres (4,790 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in Tanzania
- Also known as“Oldoway Gorge”“Oldupai Gorge”“Olduvai”“Olduwai Gorge”
Places of Interest
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Olduvai Gorge Museum
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Latitude
-2.99502° or 2° 59′ 42″ south
Longitude
35.35248° or 35° 21′ 9″ east
Open location code
6G9Q2932+XX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = rock
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Olduvai Gorge” goes by many names.
أولدوفايArabic
خانق أولدوفايArabic
مضيق أولدوفايArabic
gargüelu d’OldupaiAsturian
Gargüelu d’OlduvaiAsturian
Olduwaiko arroilaBasque
АлдувайBelarusian
Gola d’OlduvaiCatalan
Gorja d’OlduvaiCatalan
OldupaiCatalan
OlduvaiCatalan
奥杜威峡谷Chinese
奥杜瓦伊峡谷Chinese
奧杜威峽谷Chinese
OlduvaiCzech
OldowaikloofDutch
OldowayDutch
OldowaykloofDutch
OldupaiDutch
OldupaikloofDutch
OlduvaiDutch
OlduvaikloofDutch
Valo de OlduvaiEsperanto
Olduvai kuristikEstonian
Oldupain rotkoFinnish
Olduvai GorgeFinnish
Olduvain LaaksoFinnish
Olduvain rotkoFinnish
Garganta de OlduvaiGalician
olduwaiGalician
Φαράγγι του ΟλντουβάιGreek
Oiduvai GorgeHausa
ערוץ אולדובאיHebrew
Olduvai-szurdokHungarian
Ngarai OlduvaiIndonesian
Mám OlduvaiIrish
Gola di OlduvaiItalian
OldupaiItalian
OlduvaiItalian
OlduwaiItalian
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Japanese
올두바이Korean
올두바이 협곡Korean
OlduvajusLithuanian
Olduvai GorgeNorwegian
Olduvai GorgeNorwegian Bokmål
OlduvaiNorwegian Nynorsk
Gòrjas d’OlduvaiOccitan (post 1500)
تنگ الدوایPersian
Wąwóz OlduvaiPolish
Olduvai GorgeRomanian
ОлдовайRussian
ОлдувайRussian
Олдувайское ущельеRussian
Олдувейское ущельеRussian
Olduvajski klanacSerbian
ОлдувајSerbian
Олдувајски кланацSerbian
ОлдупајSerbian
OldupaiSlovak
OlduvaiSlovak
Olduvaiská roklinaSlovak
Olduvajská roklinaSlovak
Olduwai GorgeSlovak
Oldovajska soteskaSlovenian
Oldupai GorgeSlovenian
Olduvajska soteskaSlovenian
Soteska OlduvaiSlovenian
Bonde la OlduvaiSwahili
Bonde la OltupaiSwahili
OlduvaiSwahili
Olduvai GorgeSwahili
OlduvaiSwedish
Olduvai GorgeSwedish
OlduvaiklyftanSwedish
Chinkhwawu cha OlduvaiTumbuka
Olduvai GeçidiTurkish
ОлдувайUkrainian
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