Levant Cave
The Gibraltar Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar that covers over 40% of the territory's land area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
- Also known as: “Cueva de LeVante”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gorham’s Cave and George’s Bottom Cave.
Gorham’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Gibmetal77, CC BY 3.0.
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… Gorham’s Cave is situated 160 metres southeast of Levant Cave.
George’s Bottom Cave
Cave
The Gibraltar Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar that covers over 40% of the territory's land area.
The Rock
Peak
Photo: Gibnews, Public domain.
The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone mountain 426 m high dominating the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. It is situated near the end of a narrow 9 kilometres -long promontory stretching due south into the Mediterranean Sea and is located within the British territory of Gibraltar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windmill Hill and East Side.
Windmill Hill
Locality
Windmill Hill or Windmill Hill Flats is one of a pair of plateaux, known collectively as the Southern Plateaux, at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
East Side
Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Tredinnick, CC BY 2.0.
Catalan Bay is a bay and fishing village in Gibraltar, on the eastern side of The Rock away from Westside.
Coaling Island
Locality
Photo: Mrjohncummings, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coaling Island is an area of reclaimed land in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located at the centre of the western end of Gibraltar Harbour as one of its industrial zones.
Levant Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Gibraltar, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.12106° or 36° 7′ 16″ northLongitude
-5.34362° or 5° 20′ 37″ westElevation
396 metres (1,299 feet)Open location code
8C8P4MC4+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 8952296035OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Levant Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف بلاد الشام”
- Cebuano: “Levant Cave”
- Swedish: “Levant Cave”
Localities in the Area
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