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Batu Caves

limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
Landform Cave Q687629

Facts

8 properties

Identity

Instance of
cave, architectural landmark[4][5]
Official website
www.batucaves.org[8]

Location

Country
Malaysia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 3.237°, 101.684°[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Gombak[2]

Codes

Located in time zone
UTC+08:00[6]
More facts +2
Different from
Batcave[9]
Has characteristic
tourist attraction
🏷️ Also known as
en Batu Caves ar كهوف باتو da Batugrotterne da Batu hulerne de Batu-Höhlen es Cuevas de Batu fa باتو کیو fi Batu-luolat fr grottes de Batu hi बातू गुफाएँ it grotte di Batu ja バトゥ洞窟 ko 바투 동굴 nl Batugrotten pl Jaskinie Batu ru Пещеры Бату sv Batugrottorna th ถ้ำบาตู tr Batu Mağaraları uk Печери Бату
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2005007564
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Batu Caves stairs 2022-05.jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
batu-caves
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Batu-Caves
Freebase ID
/m/0syp9
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2403005
GeoNames ID
1735166
INaturalist place ID
136219
J9U entity ID
987007532722805171
Mountain Project ID
106334639
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
batu_caves
TheCrag ID
12483931
Show all 15 identifiers +3
Who's on First ID
102023411
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Cave", "BatuCaves::75bnm"]
Yale LUX ID
place/2e101c66-a00b-4fec-ae3d-feef849a2458
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
cave, tourist attraction, architectural landmark
Contained subdivisions 1
Batu Caves Komuter station
Country 1
Malaysia
Different from 1
Batcave
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Gombak
Located in time zone 1
UTC+08:00
People who died here 1
P. Rajesh
← Different from 1
Batcave
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Summary

Batu Caves is a cave[1].

Related Entities

Malaysia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → cave, architectural landmark, tourist attraction
    Has characteristic → tourist attraction
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39782: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
  2. 25w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    "Removed claim: Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/jaskyna-batu/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn"
  3. 26w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    "Created claim: Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/jaskyna-batu/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
  4. 27w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Cave", "BatuCaves::75bnm"]
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Gombak
    Coordinate location → 3.237°, 101.684°
    Official website → http://www.batucaves.org/
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Cave", "BatuCaves::75bnm"], batch #257131"
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