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Cape Monze (aka Cape Mount) is a beach on the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, Socotra, Kanyakumari in India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka....
 located near the Hub River
Hub River

Hub River is located in Lasbela, Balochistan , Pakistan. It forms the provincial boundary between Sindh and Balochistan , west of Karachi.Hub Dam is a large water storage reservoir constructed in 1981 on the River in the arid plains north of Karachi....
 and Gadani Beach
Gadani Beach

Gaddani Beach is a beach on the Arabian Sea located near the Hub River and Cape Monze in Gadani, Lasbela District, Balochistan , Pakistan.Gadani beach has been the final destination for many ships which have been Ship breaking for scrap at this location, including the SS Canberra in 1997....
 in Karachi
Karachi

is the largest city, seaport and the International financial centre of Pakistan. It is List of metropolitan areas by population in terms of metropolitan population, and is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade....
, Sindh
Sindh

Sindh is one of the four Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence as well as the people migrated from other provinces after independence....
, Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
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The coast between the mouth of the Hub River and the promontory of Gadani is rich in prehistoric sites of different ages, which were discovered and partly radiocarbon-dated during the last years. Previous researches carried out in the seventies by Karachi University had already shown the great archaeological potential of the area.






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Cape Monze (aka Cape Mount) is a beach on the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, Socotra, Kanyakumari in India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka....
 located near the Hub River
Hub River

Hub River is located in Lasbela, Balochistan , Pakistan. It forms the provincial boundary between Sindh and Balochistan , west of Karachi.Hub Dam is a large water storage reservoir constructed in 1981 on the River in the arid plains north of Karachi....
 and Gadani Beach
Gadani Beach

Gaddani Beach is a beach on the Arabian Sea located near the Hub River and Cape Monze in Gadani, Lasbela District, Balochistan , Pakistan.Gadani beach has been the final destination for many ships which have been Ship breaking for scrap at this location, including the SS Canberra in 1997....
 in Karachi
Karachi

is the largest city, seaport and the International financial centre of Pakistan. It is List of metropolitan areas by population in terms of metropolitan population, and is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade....
, Sindh
Sindh

Sindh is one of the four Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence as well as the people migrated from other provinces after independence....
, Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
.

The coast between the mouth of the Hub River and the promontory of Gadani is rich in prehistoric sites of different ages, which were discovered and partly radiocarbon-dated during the last years. Previous researches carried out in the seventies by Karachi University had already shown the great archaeological potential of the area. Among the sites of major importance is the jasper outcrop of Gadani, which was exploited during the Indus Valley Civilization
Indus Valley Civilization

The Indus Valley Civilization , abbreviated IVC, was an ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus River basin. Primarily centered along the Indus river, the civilization encompassed most of Pakistan, including its Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan provinces, and extending into modern day Indian states of Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab...
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