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    Cosquer Cave is located in the Calanque de Morgiou in Marseille, France, near Cap Morgiou. The entrance to the cave is located 37 m (121 ft) underwater...
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    calanques were declared a national park due to their uniqueness. The Cosquer Cave is an underwater grotto in the Calanque de Morgiou, 37 m (121 ft) underwater...
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    Arcy-sur-Cure, France (~28,200 y.o.) Cosquer Cave, with an entrance below sea level near Marseille, France (~27,000 y.o.) Caves of Gargas, France (~27,000 y.o...
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    Morgiou, Calanque de Port-Miou, Calanque de Sugiton, Calanque d'en Vau and Cosquer Cave. In 1923, the Comité de défense des Calanques was established with the...
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    Henri Cosquer discovered the mouth of a submarine cave 37 metres below the surface of the Calanque de Morgiou near Marseille. The entrance led to a cave above...
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    La Mouthe cave, Dordogne, France, is made. It is now at Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Paintings in Cosquer Cave are made, where...
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    The Calanque de Morgiou is also famous for the Cosquer cave, an underwater grotto containing numerous cave drawings dating back as far as 27,000 years BP...
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  • the exploration and the scientific study of the Cosquer Cave discovered in 1985 and the Chauvet Cave discovered in 1994. In October 2008, Auel was named...
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    its environs for almost 30,000 years: palaeolithic cave paintings in the underwater Cosquer Cave near the calanque of Morgiou date back to between 27...
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    swept away by erosion. In 1985, a diver named Henri Cosquer discovered the mouth of a submarine cave 37 meters below the surface of the Calanque de Morgiou...
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