Thawr cave

Thawr cave is a cave in , . Thawr cave is situated near the peak , as well as near the neighborhood .
  • Cave
  • Description: cave in Mecca
  • Also known as
    “Cave of Thawr”
    “Cave of Thor”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jabal Thawr and DoubleTree.

Peak
Photo: Abdul Razzaq Phulpot…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain in , located…

Hotel
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
by Hilton is an American hotel chain managed by Hilton Worldwide. is situated 3 km northeast of Thawr cave.

Abraj Kudai is a partially built hotel in , Saudi Arabia. is situated 3½ km northwest of Thawr cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ajyad and Mecca.

Neighborhood
is a historic neighborhood of in Makkah Province, in western . is situated 5 km northwest of Thawr cave.

Photo: Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, officially known as Makkah al-Mukarramah…

Neighborhood
Photo: HolyArtThou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of several similar words originating from the triliteral Semitic root Ḥ-R-M. is situated 6 km northwest of Thawr cave.

Thawr cave

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Latitude
21.37712° or 21° 22′ 38″ north
Longitude
39.84982° or 39° 50′ 59″ east
Open location code
7GHX9RGX+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4394613601
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q6025084

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Thawr cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غار ثور”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەشکەوتی سەور”
  • German: “Höhle Thaur”
  • Kannada: “ಸೌರ್ ಗುಹೆ”
  • Kurdish: “Şikefta Sevrê”
  • Kurdish: “Şikefta Sewrê”
  • Pushto: “د ثور غار”
  • Turkish: “Sevr Mağarası”
  • Urdu: “غار ثور”
  • Western Panjabi: “غار ثور”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Masjid Noora Bint Abdullah al Askari and Masjid Al Bukhari.

Nearby Places

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Saudi Arabia: Highlights

Notable places include Mecca and Riyadh.

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