Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem District

Avshalom Cave

Avshalom Cave, known in academic literature as Soreq Cave and popularly as Stalactites Cave, is a 5,000 m2 cave on the western side of Mt. Ye'ela, in the Judean hills in , known for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave in Israel
  • Also known as: “Me`arat HaNetifim”, “Soreq Cave”, and “Stalactite Cave”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Columbarium and Har Yaala.

Archaeological site
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A , also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding cremated remains of the dead. is situated 4 km east of Avshalom Cave.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2 km east of Avshalom Cave.

Ruins
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was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, located on the lower slope of a high ridge that formed the western slope of a mountain, to the east of . is situated 1½ km southwest of Avshalom Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mahseya and Naham.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located about two kilometers east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council in the . In 2023 it had a population of 500.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 597.

Village
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is a moshav in central , and a biblical location mentioned in the Books of Joshua and Judges and in the first Book of Chronicles. Located 6 km north of the city of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. is situated 3 km northwest of Avshalom Cave.

Avshalom Cave

Latitude
31.75592° or 31° 45′ 21″ north
Longitude
35.02214° or 35° 1′ 20″ east
Elevation
429 metres (1,407 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ24C+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 370165241
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8183450
Wiki­data ID
Q2670579
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Avshalom Cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مغارة سوريك”
  • Armenian: “Սորեկ (արգելոց)”
  • Armenian: “Սորեկ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avşalom mağarası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sorek mağarası”
  • Cebuano: “Me‘arat HaNetifim”
  • Czech: “Avšalomova jeskyně”
  • Czech: “Jeskyně Avšalom”
  • Czech: “Jeskyně Sorek”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف افشالوم”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مغارة بيت سوريك”
  • French: “grotte d’Avshalom”
  • French: “grotte de Sorek”
  • French: “grotte de Soreq”
  • French: “Grotte de Soreq”
  • German: “Avshalom-Höhle”
  • German: “Sorek-Höhle”
  • Hebrew: “Me‘arat HaNetifim”
  • Hebrew: “Me’arat Sorek”
  • Hebrew: “Me‘arat Soreq”
  • Hebrew: “מערת אבשלום”
  • Hebrew: “מערת הנטיפים”
  • Hebrew: “מערת שורק”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avshalomgrotta”
  • Romanian: “Peştera Avshalom”
  • Romanian: “Peștera Avshalom”
  • Romanian: “Pestera Stalactitelor”
  • Russian: “Заповедник Сорек”
  • Russian: “Пещера Сорек”
  • Russian: “Сорек”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Absalom”
  • Spanish: “cueva de las Estalactitas”
  • Spanish: “cueva de Shorek”
  • Swedish: “Me‘arat HaNetifim”
  • Ukrainian: “Авшалом”

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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 “Avshalom Cave”. Photo: Relly.hendel, CC BY-SA 4.0.