Cosquer Cave
Cosquer Cave is located in the Calanque de Morgiou in Marseille, France, near Cap Morgiou. The entrance to the cave is located 37 m underwater, due to the Holocene sea level rise, and contains various prehistoric rock art engravings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: SiefkinDR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Okki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in France
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mont Puget and Col de Sormiou.
Mont Puget
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mont Puget is a mountain, part of Marseille-Cassis calanques, located south-east of Marseille. Like most Marseille mountains, it is formed from limestone.
Col de Sormiou
Mountain saddle
Photo: Okki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Col de Sormiou is a mountain saddle, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Cosquer Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calanques National Park and 9th arrondissement of Marseille.
Calanques National Park
Photo: Sylaine2016, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Calanques National Park is a park in the Bouches-du-Rhône region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in France. Located between Marseille and Cassis, the national park is famous for its many steep bays.
9th arrondissement of Marseille
Suburb
The 9th arrondissement of Marseille is one of 16 arrondissements of Marseille. This district is the largest in the city. The 9th arrondissement borders the 8th, 10th and 11th arrondissements. 9th arrondissement of Marseille is situated 3½ km north of Cosquer Cave.
Cosquer Cave
- Categories: cave with prehistoric art and landform
- Location: Marseille, Arrondissement of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.20277° or 43° 12′ 10″ northLongitude
5.44894° or 5° 26′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8FM76C3X+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 4557473491OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q747992
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cosquer Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف كوسكير”
- Belarusian: “Пячора Каске”
- Catalan: “Gruta Cosquer”
- Chinese: “科斯凯尔溶洞”
- Czech: “Cosquerova jeskyně”
- Danish: “Cosquerhulen”
- Dutch: “Grot van Cosquer”
- Esperanto: “Groto Cosquer”
- French: “grotte Cosquer”
- French: “Grotte Cosquer”
- German: “Cosquer-Höhle”
- German: “Henry-Cosquer-Höhle”
- Hebrew: “מערת קוסקר”
- Italian: “grotta Cosquer”
- Italian: “Grotta Cosquer”
- Japanese: “コスケール洞窟”
- Occitan (post 1500): “bauma Cosquer”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bauma de Cosquer”
- Persian: “غار کاسکو”
- Polish: “Jaskinia Cosquera”
- Portuguese: “Caverna de Cosquer”
- Russian: “Коске”
- Russian: “Пещера Коске”
- Spanish: “Gruta Cosquer”
- Turkish: “Cosquer Mağarası”
- Ukrainian: “Коске”
- “Cosquer Cave”
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Highlights include Cosquer and Falaise de la Voile.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cosquer Cave”. Photo: SiefkinDR, CC BY-SA 3.0.