North Africa
Egypt
New Valley Governorate

Cave of Swimmers

The Cave of Swimmers is a rock shelter with ancient rock art in the mountainous plateau of the section of the . It is located in the of southwest , near the border with Libya.
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Cave of Swimmers

Latitude
23.5948° or 23° 35′ 41″ north
Longitude
25.23352° or 25° 14′ 1″ east
Open location code
7GM7H6VM+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12065100866
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q647757
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cave of Swimmers” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهف السباحين”
  • Chinese: “游泳者洞穴”
  • Czech: “Jeskyně plavců”
  • Dutch: “Cave of Swimmers”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف السباحين”
  • French: “grotte des nageurs”
  • French: “Grotte des Nageurs”
  • German: “Höhle der Schwimmer”
  • Italian: “Caverna dei nuotatori”
  • Italian: “Caverna dei Nuotatori”
  • Lithuanian: “Plaukikų urvas”
  • Persian: “غار شناگران”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Pływaków”
  • Russian: “Пещера Пловцов”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de los Nadadores”
  • Swahili: “Pango la Waogeleaji”
  • Ukrainian: “Печера Плавців”

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