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.
- Type: Locality
- 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”, “Jiita”, and “Jiîta”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Bkerké and Marist College Champville.
Marist College Champville
College
The Collège Mariste Champville is a private Marist… Marist College Champville is situated 3½ km southwest of Jeita Grotto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jeita and Ain el-Rihaneh.
Sehaile
Village
Sehaileh is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon.
Jeita Grotto
- Category: show cave
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.95333° or 33° 57′ 12″ north
Longitude
35.64778° or 35° 38′ 52″ east
Elevation
407 metres (1,335 feet)
Open location code
8G5QXJ3X+84
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Jeita Grotto” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جعيتا”
- Arabic: “مغارة جعيتا”
- Armenian: “Ջաայթա քարանձավ”
- Armenian: “Ջեյտա քարանձավ”
- Bengali: “জেইতা গ্রোটো”
- Catalan: “Gruta de Jeita”
- Chinese: “吉塔洞穴”
- Chinese: “杰塔石窟”
- Czech: “Džajta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مغارة جعيتا”
- French: “grotte de Jeita”
- French: “Grotte de Jeita”
- German: “Jeita-Grotte”
- Gujarati: “જેઇટા ગ્રોટો”
- Hebrew: “מערת ג’עיתא”
- Indonesian: “Jeita grotto”
- Japanese: “ジェイタ洞窟”
- Korean: “제이타 동굴”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jeitagrotta”
- Persian: “غار جعیتا”
- Polish: “Grotte de Jeita”
- Portuguese: “Gruta de Jeita”
- Russian: “Джейта”
- Russian: “Пещеры Джейта”
- Slovenian: “Džeita”
- Slovenian: “Jama Džeita”
- Spanish: “Gruta de Jeita”
- Swedish: “Jeitagrottan”
- Turkish: “Ceyta Mağarası”
- Turkish: “Jeita Mağarası”
- Ukrainian: “Джейта”
- Urdu: “غار جعیتا”
- Vietnamese: “Hang động Jeita”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jeita Grotto”
- Western Armenian: “Ժեհիթայի Քարանձաւ”
- Western Armenian: “Ճէյթա քարանձաւ”
- “Jeita Grotto”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: El Hraïqa and Shaïlé.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Zéboûr and Jeita Grotto.
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