Loltun Cave
Loltun Cave is a cave in the Yucatán, approximately 7 km south of Oxkutzcab. The cave contains paintings attributed to the Maya civilization from the Late Preclassic Era or even older. The name is Mayan for "Flower Stone".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Mexico
- Also known as: “Grutas Loltum”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxkutzcab and Yotholín.
Oxkutzcab
Town
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Oxkutzcab is a small city and the municipal seat of the Oxkutzcab Municipality, Yucatán in Mexico. As of 2015, the city has a population of 33,854. Oxkutzcab is an agricultural center, focused mainly on the production of tropical fruits such as citrus, sapote, avocado, mango, papaya, mamey, huaya, saramuyo and plums. Oxkutzcab is situated 7 km northeast of Loltun Cave.
Yotholín
Village
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Yotholín is a town located in the Ticul Municipality, Yucatán in Mexico. Yotholín is situated 8 km north of Loltun Cave.
Loltun Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Oxkutzcab, Yucatán, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Loltun Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف لولتون”
- Cebuano: “Loltún”
- Croatian: “Špilja Loltun”
- Danish: “Loltun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف لولتون”
- Esperanto: “Groto Loltun”
- French: “grotte de Loltún”
- French: “Grotte de Loltún”
- German: “Loltún-Höhle”
- Hebrew: “מערת לולטון”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Loltun”
- Norwegian: “Loltun”
- Russian: “Лоль-Тун”
- Russian: “Лольтун”
- Spanish: “Grutas de Loltún”
- Spanish: “Lol Tun”
- Spanish: “Lol Tún”
- Spanish: “Lol-Tun”
- Spanish: “Loltun”
- Spanish: “Loltún”
- Swedish: “Loltún”
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