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Blue Grotto

The Blue Grotto or Blue Cave, is a flooded sea cave located in a small bay called Balun, on the east side of the island of and about 4.5 nautical miles from , in the Adriatic.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: sea cave in Biševo
  • Also known as: “Blue Cave”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mezuporat and Biševo, Komiža.

Hamlet
Photo: August Dominus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
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is a village.

Hamlet
Photo: August Dominus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Blue Grotto

Latitude
42.98021° or 42° 58′ 49″ north
Longitude
16.02211° or 16° 1′ 20″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8FJRX2JC+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 488518617
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12036339
Wiki­data ID
Q631440
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Blue Grotto” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Երկնագույն այր”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mavi mağara (Bişevo)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mavi mağara”
  • Bulgarian: “Синя пещера”
  • Chinese: “藍洞”
  • Croatian: “Modra špilja”
  • Czech: “Modrá jeskyně”
  • Dutch: “Blauwe Grot”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلو جروتو”
  • French: “Grotte bleue”
  • German: “Blaue Grotte”
  • Hungarian: “Kék-barlang”
  • Japanese: “青の洞窟”
  • Macedonian: “Сина Пештера (Бишево)”
  • Macedonian: “Сина Пештера”
  • Polish: “Błękitna jaskinia”
  • Portuguese: “Gruta Azul (Biševo)”
  • Portuguese: “Gruta Azul”
  • Russian: “Голубой грот”
  • Slovenian: “Modra špilja, Biševo”
  • Spanish: “Gruta Azul”
  • Swedish: “Blå grottan, Biševo”

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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 “Blue Grotto”. Photo: PierreSelim, CC BY 4.0.