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Caves in Iran
Iran has 24 caves on Detourmap — caves, caverns, grottoes and the karst underground. The best known is Ali-Sadr Cave. All of them are below.
- Caves
- 24
- Of nature
- 24 of 108
- Little known
- 22 of 24
- Oldest
- Daruneh Cave 1200
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4.Dashkasan Temple
Nature · Hidden gem
Three cave complex in Soltaniyeh County, Iranian national heritage site
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19.Daruneh Cave
Nature · 12th century · Hidden gem
Cave in Bardaskan County, Iranian national heritage site
Questions about this page
How many caves are there in Iran?
24 on this map, out of 108 nature & landscapes in Iran. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.
What is the best known cave in Iran?
Ali-Sadr Cave. Cave in Iran.
Which caves in Iran are the least visited?
22 of the 24 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.
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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