Wilson's Cave

Wilson's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.[1] It was named after Major W. H. Wilson, Royal Engineers, Company Commander[2].

Wilson's Cave
Access to Wilson's Cave via a small ladder within the tunnel system inside the Rock of Gibraltar
LocationGibraltar
Coordinates
DiscoveryWorld War II
GeologyLimestone
Entrances1
LightingNo

Location

Magazine Ramp, Great North Road Tunnel (circa 1944)[3].

History

Wilson's Cave is a large natural limestone cave within the Rock of Gibraltar. It was discovered by the military during World War II during excavation of Magazine Ramp near Green Lane Magazine[4] whilst carrying out extensive tunnelling within the Rock. The miners were developing a structure to absorb a possible blast (known as a blast trap) from an exploding magazine when part of the tunnel caved into the natural cavity. The magazine was served from Doncaster Adit off the Great North Road which supplied vehicular access to the outside.[5]

gollark: It *might* be possible to make it somehow, but it wouldn't *weigh* the same as it somehow could on Earth.
gollark: That's not really valid in the context of the entire observable universe.
gollark: *Weight* is mass times acceleration from gravity. The acceleration from gravity is probably going to change wildly across the whole observable universe, but I guess you could sample it at various bits and average it. In any case, that average acceleration probably won't be at the Earth level of 10-ish m/s².
gollark: No it wouldn't.
gollark: Why not?

See also

References
  1. "Location of Caves - Gibraltar". Scribd. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. "The Gibraltar Tunnels" by Tito Vallejo
  3. "The Gibraltar Tunnels" by Tito Vallejo
  4. "The Gibraltar Tunnels" by Tito Vallejo
  5. "Doncaster Adit ...see index". DiscoverGibraltar.com. Retrieved 7 May 2013.


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