Grotte de l’Ours
Grotte de l’Ours is a cave in Arcy-sur-Cure, Arrondissement of Avallon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Grotte de l’Ours is situated nearby to the cave Grotte du Renne, as well as near Grotte du Trilobite.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grotte du Renne and Grotte du Bison.
Grotte du Renne
Cave
The Grotte du Renne is one of the many caves at Arcy-sur-Cure in France, an archaeological site of the Middle/Upper Paleolithic period in the Yonne departement, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arcy-sur-Cure and Bessy-sur-Cure.
Arcy-sur-Cure
Village
Arcy-sur-Cure is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure, just south of the commune, hold the second-oldest cave paintings known, after those of Chauvet Cave.
Bessy-sur-Cure
Village
Bessy-sur-Cure is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Bessy-sur-Cure is situated 4 km northwest of Grotte de l’Ours.
Lucy-sur-Cure
Village
Lucy-sur-Cure is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. In January 1973, it absorbed the former communes Essert and Bessy-sur-Cure. Bessy-sur-Cure became an independent commune again in 1982. Lucy-sur-Cure is situated 4½ km north of Grotte de l’Ours.
Grotte de l’Ours
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Arcy-sur-Cure, Arrondissement of Avallon, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.59082° or 47° 35′ 27″ north
Longitude
3.76295° or 3° 45′ 47″ east
Elevation
125 metres (410 feet)
Open location code
8FV5HQR7+85
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“Grotte de l’Ours” goes by many names.
- French: “grotte des Ours”
- French: “Grotte des Ours”
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