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<< Image Pages >> Gorgora Rock Shelter - Cave or Rock Shelter in Ethiopia

Submitted by durhamnature on Tuesday, 19 March 2013  Page Views: 4174

Natural PlacesSite Name: Gorgora Rock Shelter
Country: Ethiopia
NOTE: This site is 217.311 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Gorgora
Latitude: 12.239869N  Longitude: 37.292233E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
2

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Gorgora Rock Shelter
Gorgora Rock Shelter submitted by durhamnature : Section plan of the cave excavations, via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave in Ethiopia

Excavated rock shelter with human remains near Lake Tana in Ethiopia. The hill may once have been an island in the lake, before water levels receded.
The lat-long reference is for the village of Gorgora, the site is described as north of the village and 3 miles (5 km) from the lake shore.
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