Ibex Cave

Ibex Cave is a limestone cave on the 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.
Wikipedia
Photo: AquilaGib, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Rock and Signal Hill Battery.

Peak
Photo: Gibnews, Public domain.
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-kilometre-long promontory stretching due south into the Mediterranean Sea and is located within the British territory of .

Fort
or Signal Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of . The battery was mounted high on the rock. Little remains today as the top station was built on the site of the old battery.

Cave
Photo: Rockysantos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
This is a list of all discovered in . is situated 120 metres southwest of Ibex Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Side and Coaling Island.

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
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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.

Neighborhood
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is a mixed-use marina, residential, business, and leisure development in , in the North end of the Iberian peninsula. The project features 316 residential apartments, over 250 marina berths and extensive business accommodation.

Ibex Cave

Latitude
36.13474° or 36° 8′ 5″ north
Longitude
-5.34544° or 5° 20′ 44″ west
Open location code
8C8P4MM3+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8943616767
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q5983996
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Satellite Map

Discover Ibex Cave from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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