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.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: Epipalaeolithic archaeological site in Mount Carmel, Israel
  • Also known as: “El Wad”, “El-Wad Cave”, “Magharat el-Wad”, and “Nahal Cave”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nahal Mearot and Ofer forest observation tower.

Tourism office
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The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the near in northern . is situated 120 metres northwest of HaNahal Cave.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2 km south of HaNahal Cave.

Railway station
Photo: Tomer chelouche, Public domain.
railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the town of as well as the surrounding rural communities and military bases. With 363,614 passengers recorded in 2019, it was the least-used station in the . is situated 3½ km northwest of HaNahal Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ein Carmel and Geva Carmel.

Village
Photo: ד’ר אורי לוי, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 797.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,179.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,287. is situated 3 km southwest of HaNahal Cave.

HaNahal Cave

Latitude
32.67055° or 32° 40′ 14″ north
Longitude
34.9663° or 34° 57′ 59″ east
Open location code
8G4PMXC8+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 905117545
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q9252252
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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”
  • 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”
  • Narom: “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”

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