Me`arat Sifsufa
Me`arat Sifsufa is a cave in Northern District, Israel. Me`arat Sifsufa is situated nearby to the village Kfar Hoshen, as well as near Jish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Meron and Bar’am National Park.
Mount Meron
Peak
Photo: Lior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Meron, also known as Mount Jarmaq or Jebel Jarmaq, is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve. Mount Meron is situated 3 km southwest of Me`arat Sifsufa.
Bar’am National Park
Protected area
Bar'am National Park is a national park in Israel, between kibbutz Sasa and moshav Dovev, near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a two ancient Jewish synagogues from the Talmudic period, and the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kafr Bir'im, after which the park is named. Bar’am National Park is situated 3½ km northwest of Me`arat Sifsufa.
Dalton Air Strip
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dalton Air Strip is an aerodrome, which is situated 3 km east of Me`arat Sifsufa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kfar Hoshen and Jish.
Kfar Hoshen
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Hoshen, also known as Safsufa, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around four kilometres north of Meron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 917.
Jish
Village
Jish, also known by its Hebrew name of Gush Halab, or by its classical name of Gischala, is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, 13 kilometres north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District.
Or HaGanuz
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Or HaGanuz, sometimes Or Ganuz, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Upper Galilee, about six kilometers northwest of the town of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
Me`arat Sifsufa
- Type: Cave
- Also known as: “Magharet an Nab‘at” and “Magharet an Nab`at”
- Category: landform
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.0166° or 33° 0′ 60″ northLongitude
35.43335° or 35° 26′ 0″ eastElevation
746 metres (2,448 feet)Open location code
8G5Q2C8M+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 278476950OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceGeoNames ID
293463
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Me`arat Sifsufa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف سفسوفا”
- Hebrew: “Me‘arat Sifsufa”
- Hebrew: “Me’arat Sifsufa”
- Hebrew: “מערת ספסופה”
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