Amboni Caves
Dublin Core
Title
Amboni Caves
Subject
CULTURAL HERITAGE,GEOLOGY
Description
The Caves are the most extensive limestone caves in East Africa and located 8 km north of Tanga off the Tanga-Mombasa road. The caves were formed about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic age. They covers an area of 234 km² which is said to under water over 20 million years ago.
Date
PlioPleistocene
Contributor
Lasway
Language
Swahili, Sambaa, Zigua
Type
Site
Identifier
21
Date Modified
06/23/2021 12:50:43 pm
Date Submitted
16/11/2019
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Spatial Coverage
current,-5.0666664,39.0499998;
Provenance
Government of Tanzania
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Amboni Caves
Object
www.maliasili.go.tz
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Institutional nature
Geological
Place
doa@maliasili.go.tz
Prim Media
96
Status
gazetted
Stewardship
Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA)
Condition
3
Contact
doa@maliasili.go.tz
Gazette Number
G.N.No. 331 of 1954, Published on 1st October 1954
Sub Type
Caves
Files
Citation
“Amboni Caves,” Tanzania, accessed February 1, 2025, https://sdhtanzania.org/omeka/items/show/27.