Susiluola Cave

Susiluola is a crack in the Pyhävuori mountain at the border of and municipalities in . The upper part of the crack forms a that was until recently packed with soil.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: prehistoric site in Kristinestad, Finland
  • Also known as: Wolf Cave

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Karijoki Church.

Church
is situated 2½ km northeast of Susiluola Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Church village and Karijoki.

Village

is a municipality in in , located 25 km from the coast and 90 km south-west of . With only around 1,500 inhabitants it is a small place, but it gained fame when a Neanderthal cave was discovered in 1997.

Village
is a village in the town of in , Finland. It was former administrative center of the former municipality. It has over 1,400 inhabitants. is situated 9 km southwest of Susiluola Cave.

Susiluola Cave

Latitude
62.30296° or 62° 18′ 11″ north
Longitude
21.66282° or 21° 39′ 46″ east
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
Open location code
9GJ38M37+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 282782630
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
12844282
Wiki­data ID
Q2298812
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Susiluola Cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كهف الذئب
  • Arabic: كهف_الذئب
  • Basque: Otsoaren leizea
  • Basque: Susiluola
  • Basque: Varggrottan
  • Belarusian: Ваўчыная пячора
  • Czech: Susiluola
  • Dutch: Susiluola
  • Dutch: Wolf Cave
  • Egyptian Arabic: كهف وولف
  • Estonian: Susiluola
  • Finnish: Susi luola
  • Finnish: Susiluola
  • French: Susiluola
  • German: Susiluola
  • German: Varggrottan
  • German: Wolfshöhle
  • Japanese: 12万年前の地層
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ulvegrotten
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Varggrottan
  • Norwegian: Ulvegrotten
  • Russian: Волчья пещера
  • Spanish: Cueva del Lobo
  • Swedish: Varggrottan
  • Vietnamese: Động Chó Sói
  • Susiluola

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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 “Susiluola Cave”. Photo: Roquai, Public domain.