Wezmeh Cave
Wezmeh Cave is an archaeological site near Islamabad Gharb, western Iran, around 470 km southwest of the capital Tehran. The site was discovered in 1999 and excavated in 2001 by a team of Iranian archaeologists under the leadership of Kamyar Abdi.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Eslamabad-e Gharb County, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Wezmeh”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mowma’i.
Mowma’i
Village
Mowmai is a village in, and the capital of, Howmeh-ye Jonubi Rural District of the Central District of Eslamabad-e Gharb County, Kermanshah province, Iran. Mowma’i is situated 6 km southwest of Wezmeh Cave.
Wezmeh Cave
- Categories: cultural property and landform
- Location: Kermanshah Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.05491° or 34° 3′ 18″ north
Longitude
46.64429° or 46° 38′ 39″ east
Open location code
8H683J3V+XP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Wezmeh Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وزمة”
- Catalan: “Cova de Wezmeh”
- Dutch: “Wezmeh-grot”
- Dutch: “Wezmeh”
- French: “grotte de Wezmeh”
- French: “Wezmeh”
- German: “Wezmeh”
- Italian: “Wezmeh”
- Persian: “غار وزمه”
- Portuguese: “Caverna Wezmeh”
- Spanish: “Wezmeh”
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