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Gorham’s Cave

Gorham's Cave is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of . 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…
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: natural sea cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe
  • Also known as: “Corhams Cave”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bennett’s Cave and Vanguard Cave.

Cave
Bennett's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of . It forms part of the Gorham's Cave complex which have been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site status.

Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a natural sea cave in the British Overseas Territory of 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. is situated 140 metres north of Gorham’s Cave.

Cave
, also known as Bulman's Cave, is a huge sea cave on the south eastern flank of the British Overseas Territory of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windmill Hill and East Side.

Locality
or Flats is one of a pair of plateaux, known collectively as the Southern Plateaux, at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of .

Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Tredinnick, CC BY 2.0.
Catalan Bay is a bay and fishing in , on the eastern side of away from Westside.

Locality
Photo: Mrjohncummings, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of reclaimed land in the British Overseas Territory of . It is located at the centre of the western end of Gibraltar Harbour as one of its industrial zones.

Gorham’s Cave

Latitude
36.12046° or 36° 7′ 14″ north
Longitude
-5.34201° or 5° 20′ 31″ west
Elevation
396 metres (1,299 feet)
Open location code
8C8P4MC5+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2547617555
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2411580
Wiki­data ID
Q1355749
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gorham’s Cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهف غورهام”
  • Belarusian: “Пячора Горама”
  • Catalan: “Cova de Gorham”
  • Cebuano: “Gorham’s Cave”
  • Chinese: “戈勒姆岩洞”
  • Croatian: “Gorhamova špilja”
  • Czech: “Gorhamova jeskyně”
  • Dutch: “Gorham’s Cave”
  • Dutch: “Grottencomplex van Gorham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف جورهام”
  • Finnish: “Gorhamin luola”
  • French: “grotte de Gorham”
  • French: “Grotte de Gorham”
  • Galician: “Cova de Gorham”
  • Georgian: “გორჰამის მღვიმე”
  • German: “Gorham-Höhle”
  • Greek: “Σπήλαιο Γκόραμ”
  • Hebrew: “מערת גורהם”
  • Italian: “Grotta di Gorham”
  • Japanese: “ゴーハム洞窟”
  • Japanese: “ゴーラムの洞窟”
  • Japanese: “ゴーラムの洞窟群”
  • Japanese: “ゴーラム洞窟”
  • Korean: “고르함 동굴”
  • Latvian: “Gorama ala”
  • Maltese: “Għar ta‘ Gorham”
  • Maltese: “Għar ta’ Gorham”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorhams grotte”
  • Norwegian: “Gorhams grotte”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Espeluga de Gorham”
  • Persian: “غار گورهام”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Gorhama”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Gorham”
  • Russian: “пещера Горама”
  • Russian: “Пещера Горама”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gorhamova špilja”
  • Sinhala: “ගෝරම්ගේ ගුහාව”
  • Slovenian: “Gorhamova jama”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Gorham”
  • Swedish: “Gorham’s Cave”
  • Turkish: “Gorham’s Mağarası”
  • Ukrainian: “Горама печера”
  • Ukrainian: “Печера Горама”
  • Vietnamese: “Động Gorham”

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