List of caves in GibraltarW
List of caves in Gibraltar

This is a list of all discovered caves in Gibraltar.

Bellman's CaveW
Bellman's Cave

Bellman's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is named after Captain William Bellman who was stationed in Gibraltar during the Second World War. Its entrance is located on Signal Station Road in the Gibraltar Nature Reserve, directly beneath the top Cable Car station.

Coptic CaveW
Coptic Cave

Coptic Cave is a sea cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The cave was intended to be used as a decoy to protect Operation Tracer. This was a plan to leave behind spies should the British lose control of the Rock of Gibraltar in World War II.

Devil's Fall CaveW
Devil's Fall Cave

Devil's Fall is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

Douglas CaveW
Douglas Cave

Douglas Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

Forbes' QuarryW
Forbes' Quarry

Forbes' Quarry is located on the northern face of the Rock of Gibraltar within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The area was quarried during the 19th century to supply stone for reinforcing the fortress' military installations. In the course of the quarrying, a limestone cave was found. The second ever Neanderthal discovery was made within this cave when Cpt. Edmund Flint found the skull of an adult female Neanderthal in 1848.

Goat's Hair Twin CavesW
Goat's Hair Twin Caves

The Goat's Hair Twin Caves are in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

Gorham's CaveW
Gorham's Cave

Gorham's Cave is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Though not a sea cave, it is often mistaken for one. Considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe, the cave gives its name to the Gorham's Cave complex, which is a combination of four distinct caves of such importance that they are combined into a UNESCO World Heritage site, the only one in Gibraltar. The three other caves are Vanguard Cave, Hyaena Cave, and Bennett's Cave.

Hayne's Cave BatteryW
Hayne's Cave Battery

Hayne's Cave Battery is the remains of two gun positions that made up an artillery battery on the west side of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar at Hayne's Cave. Gun emplacements can still be visited at this cave.

Holy Boy's CaveW
Holy Boy's Cave

Holy Boy's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on the eastern side of the Rock, near Cave S.

Ibex CaveW
Ibex Cave

Ibex Cave is a limestone cave on the Rock of Gibraltar which has yielded stone artifacts of Mousterian tradition. It was discovered in 1975. It is so named as an ibex skull was found within the cave which would have been hunted by the Neanderthals of Gibraltar thousands of years ago. Ibex Cave was named and excavated by the Gibraltar Museum in 1994. Its first formal description was in 1999.

Leonora's CavesW
Leonora's Caves

Leonora's Caves is a limestone cave system in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They are located within Old St. Michael's Cave.

New St. Michael's CaveW
New St. Michael's Cave

New St. Michael's Cave, also known as Lower St. Michael's Cave, is a cave system in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Unlike its namesake, St. Michael's Cave (proper), which has been known for over 2,000 years, this cave was discovered as recently as World War II.

Martin's CaveW
Martin's Cave

Martin's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It opens on the eastern cliffs of the Rock of Gibraltar, below its summit at O'Hara's Battery. It is an ancient sea cave, though it is now located over 700 feet (210 m) above the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is only accessible because Martin's Path was constructed.

Monkey's CaveW
Monkey's Cave

Monkey's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It has been used as part of the Fortifications of Gibraltar and in 1942 there was a convalescent hospital here. This building was later used as the HQ of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers.

New St. Michael's CaveW
New St. Michael's Cave

New St. Michael's Cave, also known as Lower St. Michael's Cave, is a cave system in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Unlike its namesake, St. Michael's Cave (proper), which has been known for over 2,000 years, this cave was discovered as recently as World War II.

St. Michael's CaveW
St. Michael's Cave

St. Michael's Cave or Old St. Michael's Cave is the name given to a network of limestone caves located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at a height of over 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. According to Alonso Hernández del Portillo, the first historian of Gibraltar, its name is derived from a similar grotto in Monte Gargano near the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo in Apulia, Italy, where the archangel Michael is said to have appeared.

Painter's CaveW
Painter's Cave

Painter's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

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Pete's Paradise Cave

Pete's Paradise Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Explored in the 1960s and 1970s by a team led by George Palao, four skeletons have been unearthed in the cave, two of which were female skeletons with crushed skulls.

Poca Roca CaveW
Poca Roca Cave

Poca Roca Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

St. Michael's CaveW
St. Michael's Cave

St. Michael's Cave or Old St. Michael's Cave is the name given to a network of limestone caves located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at a height of over 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. According to Alonso Hernández del Portillo, the first historian of Gibraltar, its name is derived from a similar grotto in Monte Gargano near the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo in Apulia, Italy, where the archangel Michael is said to have appeared.

Star Chamber CaveW
Star Chamber Cave

Star Chamber Cave is a limestone cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. In the 1780s the cave became the centre of tunnels known as the Lower Galleries of the Northern Defences. In 1941 this cave was still in military use as the King's Regiment Battalion Headquarters

Upper All's Well CaveW
Upper All's Well Cave

Upper All's Well Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The sentry on guard would use this cave as a look out post and would shout down to the next soldier lower down every 15 minutes 'All's Well', this would in turn be sent to the next soldier until reaching Grand Casemates Square where All's Well pub now stands.

Vanguard CaveW
Vanguard Cave

Vanguard Cave is a natural sea cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar which is part of the Gorham's Cave complex. This complex of four caves has been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2016. The cave complex is one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals, with a period of inhabitation from 55,000 to 28,000 years ago. It is located on the southeast face of the Rock of Gibraltar.

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Wilson's Cave

Wilson's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It was named after Major W. H. Wilson, Royal Engineers, Company Commander.