Jeita Grotto
The Jeita Grotto is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres. The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb river valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres north of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 410 metres (1,340 feet)
- Description: system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves 18 km north of Beirut
- Also known as“J‘eeta”“J‘ītā”“Jaaita”“Ji‘ītā”
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Jeita Grotto
- Category: show cave
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Latitude
33.95333° or 33° 57′ 12″ north
Longitude
35.64778° or 35° 38′ 52″ east
Open location code
8G5QXJ3X+84
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Jeita Grotto” goes by many names.
جعيتاArabic
مغارة جعيتاArabic
Ջաայթա քարանձավArmenian
Ջեյտա քարանձավArmenian
জেইতা গ্রোটোBengali
Gruta de JeitaCatalan
吉塔洞穴Chinese
杰塔石窟Chinese
DžajtaCzech
مغارة جعيتاEgyptian Arabic
જેઇટા ગ્રોટોGujarati
מערת ג’עיתאHebrew
Jeita grottoIndonesian
ジェイタ洞窟Japanese
제이타 동굴Korean
JeitagrottaNorwegian Nynorsk
غار جعیتاPersian
Grotte de JeitaPolish
ДжейтаRussian
Пещеры ДжейтаRussian
DžeitaSlovenian
Jama DžeitaSlovenian
JeitagrottanSwedish
Ceyta MağarasıTurkish
Jeita MağarasıTurkish
ДжейтаUkrainian
غار جعیتاUrdu
Hang động JeitaVietnamese
Jeita GrottoWaray (Philippines)
Ժեհիթայի ՔարանձաւWestern Armenian
Ճէյթա քարանձաւWestern Armenian
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