Pomier Caves
The Pomier Caves are a series of 55 caves located north of San Cristobal in the south of the Dominican Republic. They contain the largest collection of rock art in the Caribbean created since 2,000 years ago primarily by the Taíno people but also the Kalinago people and the Igneri, the pre-Columbian Indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.Photo: Espeleogrupo, CC BY 2.5.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cambita Garabitos.
Cambita Garabitos
Town
Photo: Ronny Medina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cambita Garabitos is a municipality of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic. As of the 2012 census the municipality had 42,589 inhabitants, 23,930 living in the city itself and 18,659 in its rural districts. Cambita Garabitos is situated 6 km west of Pomier Caves.
Pomier Caves
- Type: Cave
- Description: series of caves in Dominican Republic
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Borbón, San Cristóbal, San Cristóbal Province, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.46814° or 18° 28′ 5″ northLongitude
-70.13513° or 70° 8′ 7″ westOpen location code
77CFFV97+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 360604364OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7227322
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Satellite Map
Discover Pomier Caves from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Pomier Caves” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Pomier 石窟”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف بومير”
- French: “grottes de Pomier”
- French: “Grottes de Pomier”
- Spanish: “Cuevas del Pomier”
- Turkish: “Pomier Mağaraları”
- Ukrainian: “Печери Пом’єр”
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