East Africa
Ethiopia
Oromiya

Sof Omar Caves

Sof Omar Caves is the longest in at 15.1 kilometres long. When surveyed in 1972, it was the longest cave in Africa. Since then explorations in and Algeria have overtaken it.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Sof `Umer Washa”

Sof Omar Caves

Latitude
6.90653° or 6° 54′ 24″ north
Longitude
40.84536° or 40° 50′ 43″ east
Elevation
1,269 metres (4,163 feet)
Open location code
6HR2WR4W+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 706609739
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
328231
Wiki­data ID
Q3444339
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Sof Omar Caves” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sof Omar-grotte”
  • Amharic: “ሶፍ-ዑመር”
  • Arabic: “كهف صوف عمر”
  • Cebuano: “Sof ‘Umer Washa”
  • Chinese: “索夫奥马尔岩洞”
  • Chinese: “索夫奧馬爾岩洞”
  • Croatian: “Sof Omar”
  • Croatian: “Špilja Sof Omar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف سوف عمر”
  • French: “grottes de Sof Omar”
  • French: “Grottes de Sof Omar”
  • German: “Sof-Omar-Höhlen”
  • Italian: “grotta di Sof Omar”
  • Italian: “Grotte di Sof Omar”
  • Italian: “moschea di Sof Omar”
  • Japanese: “ソフ・オマール洞窟”
  • Persian: “غارهای سوف عمر”
  • Slovenian: “Jame Sof Omarja”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Sof Omar”
  • Swedish: “Sof ‘Umer Washa”
  • Turkish: “Sof Omar Mağaraları”

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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 “Sof Omar Caves”. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.