Jenolan Caves
The Jenolan Caves are in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The cave system has been dated to 340 million years, making them the oldest known caves on Earth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: karst (cave system) in New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Fish River Caves”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jenolan Caves House and Blue Lake Jenolan.
Jenolan Caves House
Hotel
Photo: Melbouge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Jenolan Caves House is a large, heritage-listed hotel, built in stages between 1879 and 1926. It is located in the remote Jenolan Caves Karst Conservation Reserve, Blue Mountains National Park, on the western edge of the Blue Mountains UNESCO World Heritage Area, in New South Wales, Australia.
Jenolan Caves
- Categories: karst, cave, and locality
- Location: Oberon Council, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.8206° or 33° 49′ 14″ southLongitude
150.0206° or 150° 1′ 14″ eastElevation
816 metres (2,677 feet)Open location code
4RRG52HC+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 113707646OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Jenolan Caves” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهوف جينولان”
- Chinese: “珍罗兰山洞群”
- Chuvash: “Дженолан (çĕр хăвăлĕ)”
- Chuvash: “Дженолан”
- Dutch: “Jenolan Caves”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف جينولان”
- French: “Jenolan Caves”
- German: “Jenolan Caves”
- Hindi: “जेनलन गुफाएँ”
- Hungarian: “Jenolan-barlangrendszer”
- Indonesian: “Gua-gua Jenolan”
- Korean: “제놀란 동굴”
- Polish: “Jaskinie Jenolan”
- Russian: “Дженолан”
- Slovenian: “Jenolan Caves”
- Spanish: “Cuevas Jenolan”
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