Blombos Cave

Blombos Cave is an archaeological site located in Blombos Private Nature Reserve, about 300 km east of on the Southern Cape coastline, .
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Blombos Cave

Latitude
-34.36696° or 34° 22′ 1″ south
Longitude
21.24577° or 21° 14′ 45″ east
Elevation
211 metres (692 feet)
Open location code
4GQ3J6MW+68
Geo­Names ID
1018620
Wiki­data ID
Q884971
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Blombos Cave” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Blombosgrot
  • Arabic: كهف بلومبوس
  • Belarusian: Бломбас
  • Catalan: Cova de Blombos
  • Chinese: 布隆伯斯洞穴
  • Chinese: 布隆伯斯洞窟
  • Czech: Blombos
  • Czech: Jeskyně Blombos
  • Dutch: Blombos Grot
  • Dutch: Blombosgrot
  • Egyptian Arabic: كهف بلومبوس
  • Finnish: Blombosluola
  • French: Blombos
  • French: Grotte de Blombos
  • German: Blombos-Höhle
  • Greek: Σπήλαιο Μπλόμπος
  • Hebrew: מערת בלומבוס
  • Italian: Blombos
  • Japanese: ブロンボス洞窟
  • Japanese: ボロンボス洞窟
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Blombos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Blombos
  • Norwegian: Blombos-grotten
  • Persian: غار بلومبوس
  • Polish: Jaskinia Blombos
  • Portuguese: Caverna Blombos
  • Russian: Бломбос
  • Russian: Пещера Бломбос
  • Serbian: Blombos pećina
  • Slovak: Blombos
  • Spanish: Blombos Cave
  • Spanish: Cueva de Blombos
  • Swedish: Blombosgrottan
  • Turkish: Blombos Mağarası
  • Ukrainian: Бломбос
  • Vietnamese: Động Blombos
  • Vietnamese: Hang Blombos

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