Sima de las Palomas
Sima de las Palomas is on Cabezo Gordo, located between Balsicas and San Javier in the Murcia region of Spain. It was inhabited for tens of thousands of years, by Neanderthals and others.Photo: Elena Ortuño, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cabezo Gordo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Javier and Balsicas.
San Javier
Town
Photo: El’murciano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Javier is a town of some 32,000 inhabitants in Murcia in the southeast of Spain. Its main claim to fame is the international Jazz Festival held here every year since 1998. The town has also hosted the Spanish Air Force Academy since the 1920s. San Javier is situated 6 km east of Sima de las Palomas.
Balsicas
Neighborhood
Balsicas is a locality in the municipality of Torre-Pacheco in the autonomous community of Murcia, Spain. It has a population of 3,305 inhabitants. Balsicas is situated 6 km west of Sima de las Palomas.
Los Alcázares
Town
Photo: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Los Alcázares is a town, which is situated 8 km southeast of Sima de las Palomas.
Sima de las Palomas
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Spain
- Categories: solutional cave, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: San Javier, Murcia, Murcia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.79839° or 37° 47′ 54″ northLongitude
-0.89691° or 0° 53′ 49″ westOpen location code
8C9XQ4X3+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 3897212249OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q10900351
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Sima de las Palomas” goes by many names.
- French: “Sima de las Palomas”
- German: “Sima de las Palomas”
- Italian: “Sima de las Palomas”
- Spanish: “Sima de las Palomas”
- Swedish: “Sima de las Palomas”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Paisaje Protegido Cabezo Gordo and Plaza de Santa Águeda.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Yacimiento paleoantropológico ‘Sima de las Palomas’ and Espada de Excalibur.
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