Mediterranean Cave

Mediterranean Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.[1]

Mediterranean Cave
Coordinates

Location

East side of The Rock behind oil tanks (circa 1940)[2].

History

A cave with this name is recorded by Kenyon as having been occupied in 1779-1783 during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. It is not known which cave that was. The present Mediterranean Cave was discovered about 1900. It became an Admiralty Distillery in 1942[3].

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


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