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Ibex Cave

17 °C inside, all year.

See the descentHow to visit

AquilaGib · CC BY-SA 3.0

The descent

The entrance, at 165 m.

The real relief above Ibex Cave, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance365 m1.0 kmvertical × 6.8depth not publishedEntrance365 m1.0 kmvertical × 14.8

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

165m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

17°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

200m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

17 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 17 °C here, in January and in August. In August the afternoon reaches 26 °C at the entrance, 9 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket.

outside, at the entrance (165 m)inside
  1. 15°11°Jan
  2. 15°11°Feb
  3. 16°12°Mar
  4. 18°13°Apr
  5. 20°15°May
  6. 23°18°Jun
  7. 26°20°Jul
  8. 26°20°Aug
  9. 24°19°Sep
  10. 21°17°Oct
  11. 18°14°Nov
  12. 16°12°Dec
Inside: 17 °C all yearWettest: Mar, Oct–Jan

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Cave in Gibraltar

Ibex Cave is a cave in United Kingdom. The entrance is at 165 m.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Wild cave: only with caving equipmentNo paths or lights inside. Go only with a caving club or a qualified guide.
  • Upper Townnearest town · 0.8 km in a straight line
  • Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 0.1 km from the entrance
  • Gibraltar Airport (GIB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 2 km in a straight lineCar hire at TTU airport (Tétouan)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at TTU airport (Tétouan)Discover CarsSee prices 

Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.

From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Ibex Cave (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 28other cave entrances within 3 kmSt Michael's Cave, Gorham's Cave, Goat's Hair Twin Caves and 25 more
  • 34viewpoints within 3 kmRosia Mole, Queen's Balcony, Douglas Lookout and 31 more
  • 1marked hiking routes within 3 kmMediterranean Steps
  • 1climbing crags within 3 km
  • 1named waterfalls within 4 kmEuropa Waterfall
  • 238car parks within 2 km
  • 28information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • 93bus stops within 2 km
  • 3campsites within 8 kmCamping Sureuropa, Area de Autocaravanas Alcaidesa Marina
  • 207hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmThe Bristol Hotel, Cannon Hotel, Emile Hostel and 204 more
  • 88restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • springs within 2 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Upper Town0.8 km in a straight line
  • Town Area1.2 km in a straight line
  • Sandpits1.4 km in a straight line
  • Gibraltar1.6 km in a straight line
  • Reclamation Areas1.8 km in a straight line
  • South District2.0 km in a straight line
  • La Línea de la Concepción4.0 km in a straight line
  • San Roque9.4 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Ibex Cave.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Peakyas4 mountains within 10 km
Signal Hill · 0.3 kmMiddle Hill · 0.9 kmLa Salemera · 5.2 kmRoca de los Sables · 9.1 km
Coastya12 beaches within 3 km
Catalan Baysea up to 22 °C · 0.9 kmRosia Baysea up to 22 °C · 1.4 kmGovernor’s Beachsea up to 22 °C · 1.7 kmThe Lidosea up to 22 °C · 1.7 kmBleak Beachsea up to 22 °C · 2.4 kmWestern Beachsea up to 22 °C · 2.4 kmDeadmans Beachsea up to 22 °C · 2.6 kmPlaya de Ponientesea up to 22 °C · 2.9 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon151516182023262624211816
Afternoon151516182023262624211816
Night111112131518202019171412
Rain (mm)7474805726413267610694
Rainy days98885101491010
Sun hours/day5.86.47.28.510.412.312.911.59.07.26.05.4
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan151511745.8
Feb151511746.4
Mar161612807.2
Apr181813578.5
May2020152610.4
Jun232318412.3
Jul262620112.9
Aug262620311.5
Sep242419269.0
Oct212117767.2
Nov1818141066.0
Dec161612945.4

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (165 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

Ibex Cave 3
AquilaGib · CC BY-SA 3.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020103%4%152%92%224%———20%49%81%60%
2021223%97%98%53%33%———73%8%42%84%
202214%11%245%117%36%———34%9%60%226%
202369%57%23%1%256%———69%111%10%36%
202468%100%283%42%26%———33%235%38%27%
202573%78%288%87%50%———23%44%111%218%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Ibex Cave

United Kingdom

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 165 mEntrance altitude
  • 17 °CInside, all year

Gorham's Cave

United Kingdom · 1 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 81 mEntrance altitude
  • 18 °CInside, all year

See the guide

St. Michael's Cave

United Kingdom · 1 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 233 mEntrance altitude
  • 17 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Forbes' Quarry

United Kingdom · 2 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 57 mEntrance altitude
  • 18 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q5983996) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

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viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
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