Detourmap
Caves in Israel
Israel has 29 caves on Detourmap — caves, caverns, grottoes and the karst underground. The best known is Kebara Cave. All of them are below.
- Caves
- 29
- Of nature
- 29 of 182
- Little known
- 12 of 29
- Oldest
- B'nai B'rith cave 1959
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2.Rosh HaNikra grottoes
Nature · Notable
Geologic formation in northern Israel; white chalk cliff face which opens up into spectacular grottos
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3.Tabun cave
Nature · Notable
Cave; part of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara archaeological site in the Carmel mountain range in northern Israel
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8.Well of Souls
Nature · Notable
Cave in the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, underneath the Foundation stone
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21.Bottom "Hilazon" cave
Nature · Hidden gem
Archeological-prehistoric site in Nahal Hilazon in the Lower Galilee. In the cave there is a cemetery from the late Natopian culture, containing the grave of a…
Questions about this page
How many caves are there in Israel?
29 on this map, out of 182 nature & landscapes in Israel. 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 Israel?
Kebara Cave. Cave in Israel.
Which caves in Israel are the least visited?
12 of the 29 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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