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.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Rock and Signal Hill Battery.
Bellman’s Cave
Cave
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Side and Coaling Island.
Coaling Island
Locality
Ibex Cave
- Cave
- Description: cave in Gibraltar
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
36.13474° or 36° 8′ 5″ north
Longitude
-5.34544° or 5° 20′ 44″ west
Open location code
8C8P4MM3+VR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Ibex Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف الوعل”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف الوعل”
- French: “grotte du Bouquetin”
- French: “Grotte du Bouquetin”
- Hebrew: “מערת היעלים”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Espeluga Ibex”
- Russian: “Ибекс”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include North Terrace and West Terrace.
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