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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Athos Cave and Anakopia Fortress.
New Athos Cave
Cave
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.
Anakopia Fortress
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. Anakopia Fortress is situated 520 metres west of Simon Cananite Cave.Iverian Mountain
Peak
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
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 Greek names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, and later Psyrtskha. New Athos Cave is one of Abkhazia's tourist attractions.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″ north
Longitude
40.81444° or 40° 48′ 52″ east
Open location code
8HM23RW7+5Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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historic=archaeological_site
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natural=cave_entrance
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tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap 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.
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