HaNahal Cave

El Wad is an archaeological site of the Epipalaeolithic Near East in , Israel. The site has two components: El Wad Cave, also known as Mughārat al-Wād or HaNahal Cave; and El Wad Terrace, located immediately outside the cave.
  • Cave
  • Description: Epipalaeolithic archaeological site in Mount Carmel, Israel
  • Also known as
    “El Wad”
    “El-Wad Cave”
    “Magharat el-Wad”
    “Nahal Cave”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nahal Mearot and Ofer forest observation tower.
The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, named… is situated 120 metres northwest of HaNahal Cave.
is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2 km south of HaNahal Cave.
Tomer chelouche, Public domain.
railway station is an Israel Railways passenger… is situated 3½ km northwest of HaNahal Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ein Carmel and Geva Carmel.
ד’ר אורי לוי, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in northern .
is a moshav in northern . is situated 3 km southwest of HaNahal Cave.

HaNahal Cave

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Latitude
32.67055° or 32° 40′ 14″ north
Longitude
34.9663° or 34° 57′ 59″ east
Open location code
8G4PMXC8+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“HaNahal Cave” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “El Wad”
  • Arabic: “إلواد”
  • Arabic: “الواد”
  • Aragonese: “El Wad”
  • Arpitan: “El Wad”
  • Asturian: “El Wad”
  • Basque: “El Wad”
  • Bavarian: “El Wad”
  • Breton: “El Wad”
  • Catalan: “El Wad”
  • Catalan: “El-Wad”
  • Chinese: “埃爾瓦德洞”
  • Corsican: “El Wad”
  • Croatian: “El Wad”
  • Czech: “El Wad”
  • Danish: “El Wad”
  • Dutch: “El Wad”
  • Esperanto: “El Wad”
  • Estonian: “El Wad”
  • Finnish: “El Wad”
  • French: “El Wad”
  • French: “El-Wad”
  • Friulian: “El Wad”
  • Galician: “El Wad”
  • German: “El Wad”
  • Hebrew: “מערת אל-ואד”
  • Hebrew: “מערת הנחל (אל-ואד)”
  • Hebrew: “מערת הנחל”
  • Icelandic: “El Wad”
  • Ido: “El Wad”
  • Indonesian: “El Wad”
  • Interlingua: “El Wad”
  • Interlingue: “El Wad”
  • Irish: “El Wad”
  • Italian: “El Wad”
  • Japanese: “エル=ワド洞窟”
  • Jèrriais: “El Wad”
  • Kongo: “El Wad”
  • Ligurian: “El Wad”
  • Limburgan: “El Wad”
  • Low German: “El Wad”
  • Luxembourgish: “El Wad”
  • Malagasy: “El Wad”
  • Malay: “El Wad”
  • Minangkabau: “El Wad”
  • Neapolitan: “El Wad”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Wad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “El Wad”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “El Wad”
  • Picard: “El Wad”
  • Piemontese: “El Wad”
  • Polish: “El Wad”
  • Portuguese: “El Wad”
  • Romanian: “El Wad”
  • Romansh: “El Wad”
  • Russian: “Аль-Вад”
  • Russian: “пещера Аль-Вад”
  • Russian: “пещера Эль-Вад”
  • Russian: “Эль-Вад”
  • Sardinian: “El Wad”
  • Scots: “El Wad”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “El Wad”
  • Serbian: “El Wad”
  • Sicilian: “El Wad”
  • Slovak: “El Wad”
  • Slovenian: “El Wad”
  • Spanish: “El Wad”
  • Swahili: “El Wad”
  • Swedish: “El Wad”
  • Swiss German: “El Wad”
  • Venetian: “El Wad”
  • Vietnamese: “El Wad”
  • Vlaams: “El Wad”
  • Volapük: “El Wad”
  • Walloon: “El Wad”
  • Welsh: “El Wad”
  • Wolof: “El Wad”
  • Zulu: “El Wad”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Caves of Nahal Me’arot and מערת הגמל.

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