Azykh Cave
Azykh Cave, also referred to as Azokh Cave, is a six-cave complex in Azerbaijan, known as a habitation site of prehistoric humans. It is situated near the village of Azykh in the Khojavend District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cave
- Description: six-cave complex known as a living site of stone-age man in Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Azokh Cave” and “Azykh Cave natural-historical Reserve”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Azykh and Salaketin.
Azykh
Residential area
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Azykh or Azokh is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is situated on the river of Ishkhanchay or Ishkhanaget, near the Azykh Cave. Azykh is situated 480 metres west of Azykh Cave.
Salaketin
Residential area
Salakətin is a village situated in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, it is the centre of the Salakatin rural administrative-territorial county. Salaketin is situated 1 km northeast of Azykh Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zoğalbulaq and Böyük Tağlar.
Zoğalbulaq
Village
Photo: Ліонкінг, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zoghalbulag or Drakhtik is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
Böyük Tağlar
Village
Photo: Vahag851, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mets Taghlar, Mets Tagher or Boyuk Taghlar is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. Böyük Tağlar is situated 3 km west of Azykh Cave.
Shekher
Village
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
Shekher is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989. Shekher is situated 3½ km north of Azykh Cave.
Azykh Cave
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Khojavend District, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.61868° or 39° 37′ 7″ northLongitude
46.98847° or 46° 59′ 19″ eastElevation
806 metres (2,644 feet)Open location code
8HF8JX9Q+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 5456870836OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Azykh Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف أزوخ”
- Armenian: “Ազոխ”
- Armenian: “Ազոխի քարանձավ”
- Azerbaijani: “Azıx mağarası”
- Azerbaijani: “Azıx”
- Bashkir: “Азых мәмерйәһе”
- Catalan: “Cova d’Azykh”
- Chinese: “阿祖卡赫洞穴”
- Chinese: “阿茲克洞穴”
- Chinese: “阿茲赫洞穴”
- Czech: “Jeskyně Azich”
- Dutch: “Grot van Azich”
- Dutch: “Grot van Azıx”
- Dutch: “Grot van Azoch”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف العزيز”
- Esperanto: “Groto Aziĥo”
- French: “Azikh”
- French: “grotte d’Azikh”
- French: “Grotte d’Azikh”
- Georgian: “აზიხის მღვიმე”
- Georgian: “აზოხის მღვიმე”
- German: “Asych-Höhle”
- Greek: “Σπήλαιο Αζίκ”
- Hebrew: “מערת אזוק”
- Indonesian: “Gua Azykh”
- Italian: “grotte di Azokh”
- Italian: “Grotte di Azokh”
- Kazakh: “Азых үңгірі”
- Latvian: “Azohas ala”
- Malay: “Gua Azykh”
- Persian: “غار آزوخ”
- Persian: “غار آزیخ”
- Polish: “Azıx (jaskinia)”
- Polish: “Azıx”
- Polish: “Jaskinia Azokh”
- Romanian: “Peştera Azâh”
- Romanian: “Peștera Azâh”
- Russian: “Азохская пещера”
- Russian: “Азых”
- Russian: “Азыхская (Азохская) пещера”
- Russian: “Азыхская пещера”
- Russian: “Пещера Азых”
- Slovenian: “Azihške jame”
- Slovenian: “Azohške jame”
- Spanish: “Cueva Azykh”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Azykh”
- Tatar: “Азых мәгарәсе”
- Turkish: “Azıh Mağarası”
- Turkish: “Azıhontrop”
- Ukrainian: “Азиська печера”
- Ukrainian: “Азоська печера”
- Uzbek: “Azix gʻori”
- Western Armenian: “Ազոխի քարանձաւ”
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