Te’omim Cave
The Te'omim Cave, or the Twins Cave, Arabic name Mughâret Umm et-Tûeimîn, is a karstic cave within a nature reserve in Israel located on the western edges of the Jerusalem Mountains, in the vicinity of Beit Shemesh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cave
- Description: cave and nature reserve in Israel
- Also known as: “Ha-Teomim cave”, “HaTeomim Cave”, and “Me`arat Te’omim”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Avshalom Cave and Dayr Aban.
Avshalom Cave
Cave
Photo: Relly.hendel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Israel, known for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations. Avshalom Cave is situated 3½ km north of Te’omim Cave.
Dayr Aban
Ruins
Photo: Davidbena, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dayr Aban 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 Beit Shemesh. Dayr Aban is situated 2 km northwest of Te’omim Cave.
Khirbet Zanoah
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Khirbet Zanoah is situated 2 km southwest of Te’omim Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zanoah and Mahseya.
Zanoah
Village
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Zanoah is a moshav in central Israel. Located adjacent to Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 515.
Mahseya
Village
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Mahseya is a moshav in central Israel. Located about two kilometers east of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council in the Jerusalem District. In 2023 it had a population of 500. Mahseya is situated 3 km northwest of Te’omim Cave.
Beit Shemesh
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Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000. Excluding the West Bank, Beit Shemesh is the closest city to Jerusalem.
Te’omim Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.72623° or 31° 43′ 34″ northLongitude
35.02052° or 35° 1′ 14″ eastElevation
410 metres (1,345 feet)Open location code
8G3QP2GC+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 702029235OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Te’omim Cave” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Me‘arat Te’omim”
- Finnish: “Te’omimin luola”
- German: “Me‘arat haTe’omim”
- Hebrew: “Me‘arat Te’omim”
- Hebrew: “Me’arat Te’omim”
- Hebrew: “מערת התאומים”
- Swedish: “Me‘arat Te’omim”
- Vietnamese: “Hang Te’omim”
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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 “Te’omim Cave”. Photo: Yuvalr, CC BY-SA 3.0.