Simon Cananite Cave
Simon Cananite Cave is a cave in Abkhazia, Georgia. Simon Cananite Cave is situated nearby to Пещера, as well as near Лобное место св. ап. Симона Кананита.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Athos Cave and Anacopia Fortress.
New Athos Cave
Cave
Photo: WomEOS, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The New Athos Cave also Novoafonskaya, Novy Afon Cave, or New Afon Cave is a karst cave in the Iverian Mountain in Abkhazia near the city of New Athos. New Athos Cave is situated 650 metres southwest of Simon Cananite Cave.
Anacopia Fortress
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anakopia Fortress is an ancient military citadel in New Athos in the disputed Abkhazia, Georgia located some 22 km by road along the coast from Sukhumi. Anacopia Fortress is situated 520 metres west of Simon Cananite Cave.
Iverian Mountain
Peak
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iverian Mountain or Iberian Mountain is a 344-meter high hill in New Athos, Abkhazia, Georgia. There are ruins of the ancient capital of Abkhazia, Anakopia, on the mountain top.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Athos and Tsukwara.
New Athos
Photo: Svetlana Grechkina, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Athos or Akhali Atoni is a town in the Gudauta Municipality of Abkhazia situated some 22 km from Sokhumi by the shores of the Black Sea. The town was previously known under the names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, and Psyrtskha. New Athos Cave is one of Abkhazia's tourist attractions.
Tsukwara
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tsukwara is a village, which is situated 4 km west of Simon Cananite Cave.
Abgharkhuk
Village
Photo: Prometej1210, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abgharkhuk is a village, which is situated 9 km west of Simon Cananite Cave.
Simon Cananite Cave
- Type: Cave
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, historic site, place of worship, and landform
- Location: Abkhazia, Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
43.09548° or 43° 5′ 44″ northLongitude
40.81444° or 40° 48′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8HM23RW7+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 921031775OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodox
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In Other Languages
“Simon Cananite Cave” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Келья-грот св. ап. Симона Кананита”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Пещера and Лобное место св. ап. Симона Кананита.
Nearby Places
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