Мезмайская пещера | |
Location | Sukhoi Kurdzhips |
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Region | Republic of Adygea, North Caucasus, Russia |
Altitude | 1,310 m (4,298 ft)[1] |
Type | limestone karst |
History | |
Periods | Paleolithic |
Associated with | Homo neanderthalensis |
Mezmaiskaya Cave (Russian: Мезмайская пещера) is a prehistoric cave site overlooking the right bank of the Sukhoi Kurdzhips (a tributary of the Kurdzhips River) in the southern Russian Republic of Adygea, located in the northwestern foothills of the North Caucasus in the Caucasus Mountains system.