Middle East
Israel
Haifa District

Kebara Cave

Kebara Cave is a limestone locality in Wadi Kebara, , situated at 60 to 65 m above sea level on the western escarpment of the , in the preserve of Zichron Yaakov.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave in Israel
  • Also known as: “Kabara cave”, “Me`arat Kevara”, and “Mearat Kabara”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Horvat Eleq and Ramat HaNadiv - Baron’s grave.

Archaeological site
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
is located in the southeastern area of , at the southern edge of at an altitude of 141 meters above sea level. Nearby within 10 km are the cities of , and their ports, and to the west and to the southeast. is situated 1½ km southeast of Kebara Cave.

Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ramat HaNadiv, is a nature park and garden in northern , covering 4.5 km at the southern end of between to the north and Binyamina to the south. The Jewish National Fund planted pine and cypress groves in most of the area. is situated 1 km southeast of Kebara Cave.

Spring
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a spring.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’yan Tsevi and Ma’agan Michael.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Ma'ayan Tzvi is a kibbutz in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 792.

Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ma'agan Michael is a kibbutz in northern . Located on the Mediterranean Sea coast between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council.

Photo: israeltourism, CC BY 2.0.
Zikhron Ya'akov is a small town in the south slope of the , overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded in 1882 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. It is famous for the Carmel Winery, and for the midrahov in the city center.

Kebara Cave

Latitude
32.55822° or 32° 33′ 30″ north
Longitude
34.93692° or 34° 56′ 13″ east
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
8G4PHW5P+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3446543902
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Geo­Names ID
8142046
Wiki­data ID
Q1737670
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Satellite Map

Discover Kebara Cave from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kebara Cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مغارة كبارة”
  • Belarusian: “Кебара”
  • Catalan: “Cova de Kebara”
  • Cebuano: “Me‘arat Kevara”
  • Czech: “Kebara”
  • Dutch: “Kebara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف كبارا”
  • French: “grotte de Kebara”
  • French: “grotte de kébara”
  • French: “grotte de Kébara”
  • French: “grotte De Kébara”
  • French: “Grotte de Kébara”
  • French: “Kébara”
  • German: “Kebara-Höhle”
  • Hebrew: “Me‘arat Kevara”
  • Hebrew: “Me’arat Kevara”
  • Hebrew: “מערת כבארה”
  • Hebrew: “מערת כברה”
  • Italian: “grotta di Kebara”
  • Italian: “Grotta di Kebara”
  • Japanese: “ケバラ洞窟”
  • Latin: “Spelunca Kebara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kebarahulen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kebaragrotta”
  • Norwegian: “Kebarahulen”
  • Persian: “غار کبارا”
  • Polish: “Kebara”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Kebara”
  • Russian: “Кебара”
  • Russian: “Пещера Кебара”
  • Serbian: “Кебара”
  • Serbian: “Пећина Кебара”
  • Serbian: “מערת כבארה”
  • Slovenian: “jama Kebara”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de kebara”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Kebara”
  • Swedish: “Kebara”
  • Swedish: “Me‘arat Kevara”
  • Ukrainian: “Кебара”
  • Ukrainian: “Печера Кебара”

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