Hyaena CaveHyaena CaveCoordinates36°07′18″N 5°20′31″W / 36.121623°N 5.

341946°W /
36.121623; -5.341946Coordinates: 36°07′18″N 5°20′31″W / 36.121623°N 5.341946°W /
36.121623; -5.341946
Hyaena Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It forms
part of the Gorham's Cave complex which has been nominated for UNESCO World
Heritage Site status.[1]

Description[edit]
Hyaena Cave is one of four caves which together make up the Gorham's Cave complex
which has been nominated to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the others being
Vanguard, Gorham's and Bennett's Cave.[2] Hyaena Cave, like the other three in the
complex, has been gradually filled with sand that has been blown in through the
entrance over thousands of years. These sands remain where they fall and over time
they build up to remarkable depths. In the case of Vanguard Cave and Gorham's Cave
the deposits are both more than seventeen metres deep. The sands record the
environment from 15,000 to 55,000 years ago when the coastline was very different.
In the past the sea was over 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) away from the caves whereas
it is now very close.[3]

References[edit]

^ "Revealed: Britain's best historical treasures". MSN Travel. Archived from the
original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

^ "UK Tentative List of Potential Sites for World Heritage Nomination: Application
form" (PDF). UK Government. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

^ Goreham's Cave complex, UNESCO tentative list, retrieved 4 August 2014

vte Caves of Gibraltar

Alameda Grotto
Beefsteak Cave
Bell's Backyard Cave
Bellman's Cave
Bennett's Cave
Boathoist Cave
Bray's Cave
Brown's Cave
Buena Vista Cave
Catalan Bay Cave
Cave S
Collin's Cave
Coptic Cave
Cormorant Cave
Devil's Dustbin
Devil's Fall Cave
Devil's Gap Cave
Devil's Tower Cave
Diesel's Delight
Douglas Cave
Dudley Ward's Cave
East Queen's Line Cave
Europa Pass Cave
Fig Tree Cave
Forbes' Quarry
Genista Caves
George's Bottom Cave
Gibbon's Cave
Glen Rocky Cave
Goat's Hair Twin Caves
Gorham's Cave
Harley Street Fissure
Hayne's Cave
Holy Boy's Cave
Hyaena Cave
Ibex Cave
John's Giant Cave
Judge's Cave
Leonora's Caves
Levant Cave
Lower St. Michael's Cave
Mammoth Cave
Marble Arch Cave
Martin's Cave
Martin's Guard Cave 1 & 2
McNeil's Cave
Mediterranean Cave
Middle Hill Cave
Monkey's Cave
Nameless Cave
New St. Michael's Cave
O'Hara's Cave
Old St. Michael's Cave
Painter's Cave
Pete's Paradise Cave
Poca Roca Cave
Queen's Cave
Ragged Staff Cave
Reservoir Fissure
Sandy Cave Lower
Sandy Cave Upper
Sapper's Bog Scorpion Cave
Sea Caves
Shed Cave
Spider Cave
St. Michael's Cave
Star Chamber Cave
Swallow's Nest Cave
Tina's Fissure
Transmitter Fissure Treasure Cave
Upper All's Well Cave
Vanguard Cave
Viney Quarry Cave
Wilson's Cave
Winkies Cave
Gibraltar Neanderthal Caves and Environments

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