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Għar Dalam

Għar Dalam is a 144-metre long phreatic tube and cave, located in the outskirts of , Malta. The cave contains the bones of animals that lived on Malta during the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: cave
  • Also known as: “Ghar Dalam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Malta Island and Ta’ Kaċċatura.

Photo: Csaba Bajkó, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Malta is an in Southern Europe. It is the largest and most populous of the three major islands that constitute the Maltese Archipelago and the country of .

Archaeological site
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Ta' Kaċċatura is an archaeological complex on the outskirts of , in . The complex includes a rustic and a number of underground cisterns. is situated 220 metres west of Għar Dalam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birżebbuġa and Southern Harbor of Malta.

Town
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is a seaside town in the of , close to . It is approximately 13 kilometres from the capital , and has a population of 9,736 as of March 2014.

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The Southern Harbour of extends around the natural harbour between Valetta and , with numerous settlements, most of them dating back centuries, on rocks and cliffs immediately around the harbour bay, as well as further inland.

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is a small, traditional fishing village in the of . It has a harbour, and is a tourist attraction known for its views, fishing and history.

Għar Dalam

Latitude
35.83646° or 35° 50′ 11″ north
Longitude
14.52808° or 14° 31′ 41″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Operator
Heritage Malta
Open location code
8F7PRGPH+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 223392824
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
2563153
Wiki­data ID
Q742598
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Għar Dalam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غار ظلام”
  • Armenian: “Գհար Դալամ”
  • Cebuano: “Għar Dalam”
  • Chinese: “加爾·達拉姆洞穴”
  • Czech: “Għar Dalam”
  • Dutch: “Għar Dalam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوار دالام”
  • Finnish: “Għar Dalam”
  • French: “Għar Dalam”
  • German: “Għar Dalam”
  • Hebrew: “אר דאלם”
  • Indonesian: “Għar Dalam”
  • Italian: “Għar Dalam”
  • Javanese: “Għar Dalam”
  • Latvian: “Ārdalamas ala”
  • Latvian: “Ghardalamas ala”
  • Maltese: “Għar Dalam”
  • Polish: “Għar Dalam”
  • Polish: “Muzeum jaskinia Għar Dalam”
  • Russian: “Гхар-Далам”
  • Sicilian: “Għar Dalam”
  • Slovak: “Għar Dalam”
  • Spanish: “Għar Dalam”
  • Swedish: “Għar Dalam”
  • Thai: “อาร์ดาลัม”
  • Turkish: “Għar Dalam”
  • Ukrainian: “Гхар-Далам”

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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 “Għar Dalam”. Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 2.5.