Quri Qala Cave

Quri Qala Cave or QuraQala is a cave located northwest of , Iran, and is one of the longest caves in western Asia. First explored in the 1950s, in 1989 it was further opened by an Iranian team.
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  • Cave
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,631 metres (5,351 feet)
  • Description: cave in Ravansar County, Iranian national natural heritage site
  • Also known as
    “Ghār Qūrī Qal‘eh”
    “Quri Qal’eh Cave”
    “Quri Qale Cave”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quri Qaleh and Kachalabad.
is a village in, and the capital of, Quri…
is a village in Zamkan Rural District… is situated 9 km southwest of Quri Qala Cave.

Quri Qala Cave

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Latitude
34.89965° or 34° 53′ 59″ north
Longitude
46.50189° or 46° 30′ 7″ east
Open location code
8H68VGX2+VQ
Geo­Names ID
6684076
Wiki­data ID
Q254103

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Quri Qala Cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهف قوري قلعة”
  • Cebuano: “Ghār Qūrī Qal‘eh”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەشکەوتی قوڕەقەڵا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف قورى قلعه”
  • Italian: “grotta di Quri Qala”
  • Kurdish: “Şikefta Qureqela”
  • Persian: “اثر طبیعی ملی ایران”
  • Persian: “غار قوری قلعه”
  • Persian: “غار قوری‌قلعه”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Quri Qale”
  • Swedish: “Ghār Qūrī Qal‘eh”

Localities in the Area

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