Bears' Cave ( ro, Peștera Urșilor) is located in the western
Apuseni Mountains
The Apuseni Mountains ( ro, Munții Apuseni, hu, Erdélyi-középhegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called ''Occidentali'' in Romanian. Their name translates from Ro ...
, on the outskirts of
Chișcău village,
Bihor County
Bihor County () is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea.
Toponymy
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, northwestern
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
. It was discovered in 1975 by Speodava, an amateur spelaeologist group.
Bears' Cave received its name after the 140
cave bear
The cave bear (''Ursus spelaeus'') is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum.
Both the word "cave" and the scientific name ' ...
skeletons which were discovered on the site in 1983. The cave bear, also known as ''Ursus spelaeus'', is a species of bear which became extinct during the
Last Glacial Maximum, about 27,500 years ago.
The cave has three galleries and four halls: The Candles Hall, Emil Racovita Hall, The Spaghetti Hall and The Bones Hall.
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Gallery
File:Medvebarlang05.jpg, Pillar of dripstone
File:Medvebarlang08.jpg, Interior of the cave
File:Medvebarlang18.jpg, Stalactites and stalagmites
File:Medvebarlang19.jpg, Stalactites
References
External links
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Caves of Romania
Tourism in Romania
Western Carpathians
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