Caves of Mount Sedom

Peretz Cave

Mishor Amiaz

A cave about 80 m long that developed in marl of the Lisan Formation. The cave consists of a pair of flow channels, one active and one abandoned, descending in a general east-to-west direction. The cave entrance is at the outlet of the active channel, at the top of a local debris pile that blocks the channel outlet. At the surface the entrance opens near the base of a slope on the northern bank of a wide channel that drains into Nahal Peratzim.

Not Closed Cave

A small cave that was formed in cover rocks and salt of Pliocene and Pleistocene age (Sedom Formation and Lisan Formation). The total length of the cave is 60 m and its maximum depth reaches 55.8 m.

Karbolet Cave

South Mount Sedom

The cave entrance is a huge sinkhole that drains a wide area in the south of the mountain. Channels drain into the sinkhole from its northern and southern sides.

Access to the cave entrance is not problematic.

Descending to the bottom of the cave entrance requires the help of ropes.

The Hut

Sedom

Hut Cave is a medium-sized cave that was formed in cover rocks and salt of Pliocene and Pleistocene age (Sedom Formation and Lisan Formation). The total length of the cave is 138 m and its maximum depth reaches 73 m.

The cave was discovered by Vladimir Boslov and Yura Lisovitch.

Beitzim Cave

Central Mount Sedom

A wide salt chimney about 40 m deep, through which light penetrates into the cave space. At the bottom of the chimney a narrow, winding passage developed, above which there are abandoned upper levels made up of extremely narrow passages. The passages developed in salt rock in a general westward direction.

Black Crystal Cave

Black Crystal Cave is built of an elongated chamber that developed in cover rock, and of several shallow shafts penetrating the salt layers.

The cave entrance looks like a narrow, elongated slit that opened in the middle of a channel descending westward from the mountain plateau.

Balcony Cave

Balcony Cave is a medium-sized cave (total length about 300 m) built of a central flow channel and several abandoned channels.

** Visiting the cave requires carrying a 35 m rope for descending the chimney, as well as a 10 m rope/strap for anchoring before descending the chimney.