Qaleh Kurd cave
Qaleh Kurd cave is the oldest archaeological site discovered in Iran. The cave is located at the very western limit of the Iranian Central Plateau, not far from the village of Qaleh in Qazvin province, surrounded by the Alborz and Zagros Mountains.- Type: Cave
- Description: oldest archaeological site in Iran
- Also known as: “Qaleh Kurd”
Qaleh Kurd cave
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Qazvin, Central Western Iran, Western Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.7972° or 35° 47′ 50″ north
Longitude
48.85701° or 48° 51′ 25″ east
Open location code
8H7CQVW4+VR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Qaleh Kurd cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة كرد”
- French: “Qaleh kurd”
- Persian: “غار قلعه کرد”
- Persian: “غار قلعهکرد”
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