List of caves in Azerbaijan

There are many naturalcavesinAzerbaijan.Most of these caves arekarsticcaves and the remainder are volcanic caves (lava tubes). These caves were also the first shelters and dwellings ofStone Age hominidsandhumans.

Thelower jawboneof ahominidnamedAzykhantropfound inAzykh Caveis on display at theNational Museum of History of Azerbaijan.^[1]

Azykh Cave,one of the most famous caves of Azerbaijan, is known as the settlement of Stone Age hominids. It was determined that the cave was the settlement of theAcheuleanand theMousterian cultures.During the period of the Mousterian culture,Neanderthalslived in Azykh Cave.^[2]

List of caves in Azerbaijan

The list does not include all caves.

Name	Name in Azerbaijani	Location
Allar Cave	Allar mağarası	Yardymli District
Ashabi-Kahf Cave	Əshabi-Kəhf	Babek District
Buzeyir Cave	Büzeyir mağarası	Lerik District
Zar Cave	Zar mağarası	Kalbajar District
Kilit Cave	Kilit mağarası	Ordubad District
Tağlar Cave	Tağlar mağarası	Khojavend District
Shish Kuzey Cave	Şiş Quzey	Tovuz District
Shusha Cave	Şuşa mağarası	Shusha District

List of cave complexes in Azerbaijan

The list does not include all cave complexes.

Name	Name in Azerbaijani	Location
Azykh Cave	Azıx mağarası	Khojavend District
Damjili Cave	Damcılı mağarası	Qazakh District
Dash Salahli Cave	Daş Salahlı mağarası	Qazakh District
Hadikaib Cave	Hadiqaib mağarası	Sharur District
Ugan Cave	Uğan mağarası	Oghuz District
Mereze Cave^[3]	Mərəzə mağarası	Gobustan District

Gallery

Entrance ofAzykh Cave
A bat inAzykh Cave
Archaeological excavations inAzykh Cavein 2009
Ashabi-Kahf Cave
Mereze Cave
Interior ofMereze Cave
Karstic cave inQaradag District
Karstic cave formation inQaradag District
Cave inGobustan District

References

^Lan Shaw, Robert Jameson, ed. (2008).A Dictionary of Archaeology.John Wiley & Sons.ISBN 9780470751961.^{[page needed]}(in English)
^Лазуков Г. И., Гвоздовер М. Д., Рогинский Я. Я., «Природа и древний человек» Издательство «Мысль», 1981 стр 71-72(in Russian)
^QHT Şuranın dəstəyi ilə Azərbaycanın geoloji təbiət abidələrini tanıdır: Nərimankənd karst mağaralarıQHT Tribunası(in Azerbaijani)

[1] Lan Shaw, Robert Jameson, ed. (2008).A Dictionary of Archaeology.John Wiley & Sons.ISBN 9780470751961.^{[page needed]}(in English)

[2] Лазуков Г. И., Гвоздовер М. Д., Рогинский Я. Я., «Природа и древний человек» Издательство «Мысль», 1981 стр 71-72(in Russian)

[3] QHT Şuranın dəstəyi ilə Azərbaycanın geoloji təbiət abidələrini tanıdır: Nərimankənd karst mağaralarıQHT Tribunası(in Azerbaijani)

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