Chauvet Cave
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life.
Inocybe, Public domain.Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Cave
- …lies at an elevation of around 160 metres (530 feet)
- …is also known as “Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc”
- Description: cave in France
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pont d’Arc and Salavas.
Chauvet Cave
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Latitude
44.38811° or 44° 23′ 17″ north
Longitude
4.41569° or 4° 24′ 57″ east
Open location code
8FP69CQ8+67
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = cave_entrance
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Chauvet Cave” goes by many names.
كهف شوفيهArabic
Շովե քարանձավArmenian
Şove mağarasıAzerbaijani
Goa ChauvetBalinese
Chauvet leizeaBasque
Пячора ШавэBelarusian
Kev ChauvetBreton
ШовеBulgarian
cova chauvetCatalan
Cova de ChauvetCatalan
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc CaveCebuano
肖维岩洞Chinese
ШовеChuvash
Chauvet-Pont d’ArcCroatian
Chauvetova jeskyněCzech
ChauvetgrottenDanish
ChauvetDutch
Grotte ChauvetDutch
Grotte Chauvet Pont d’ArcDutch
كهف شوفيهEgyptian Arabic
Groto ChauvetEsperanto
Chauvet’n luolaFinnish
Cova de ChauvetGalician
შოვეს გამოქავაბულიGeorgian
შოვეს გამოქვაბულიGeorgian
Σπήλαιο ΣοβέGreek
Σπήλαιο ΣωβέGreek
מערת שובהHebrew
Chauvet-barlangHungarian
Gua ChauvetIndonesian
Grotta ChauvetItalian
ショーヴェ洞窟Japanese
Guwa ChauvetJavanese
쇼베 동굴Korean
Šovē alaLatvian
Šovė urvasLithuanian
Chauvet-HielLuxembourgish
ШовеMacedonian
Gua ChauvetMalay
Grotta ta‘ ChauvetMaltese
ChauvetgrottenNorwegian
ChauvetgrottenNorwegian Bokmål
Bauma ChauvetOccitan (post 1500)
Bauma de ChauvetOccitan (post 1500)
غار شووهPersian
Jaskinia ChauvetaPolish
Пещера ШовеRussian
Пећина ШовеSerbian
Crteži u pećini Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’ArcSerbo-Croatian
Grutta ChauvetSicilian
Chauvetova jaskyňaSlovak
Chauvetova jamaSlovenian
ChauvetgrottanSwedish
சூவே குகைTamil
Chauvet MağarasıTurkish
Печера ШовеUkrainian
ШовеUkrainian
Hang ChauvetVietnamese
肖維岩洞Yue Chinese
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