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Caves in Europe

1,071 caves in Europe, spread across 41 countries. The best known is Cave of Altamira in Spain. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.

In Europe
1,071
Countries
41
Share of world
64%
Little known
845 of 1,071

Caves in Europe, by country

Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.

Caves elsewhere

Asia308 North America178

Questions about this page

What are the best known caves in Europe?

Cave of Altamira in Spain leads the list. Cave with prehistoric paintings in Spain.

Which country in Europe has the most?

France (158), Spain (149) and United Kingdom (124). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.

How much of the world is that?

1,071 of the 1,679 caves on this atlas, so 64%. The rest are on the worldwide page.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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