| St. Michael's Cave | |
|---|---|
| Old St. Michael's Cave | |
 Uplit stalactites in St. Michael's Cave. | |
  Map showing location of St. Michael's Cave in Gibraltar. | |
| Location | Queen's Road, Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Gibraltar |
| Coordinates | 36°07′34″N 5°20′44″W / 36.126199°N 5.345504°W |
| Depth | 62 metres (203 ft) |
| Elevation | 300 metres (980 ft) |
| Geology | Limestone |
| Entrances | 3 |
| Visitors | c. 1,000,000 |
St. Michael's Cave or Old St. Michael's Cave is the name given to a network of limestone caves located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at a height of over 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. According to Alonso Hernández del Portillo, the first historian of Gibraltar, its name is derived from a similar grotto in Monte Gargano near the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo in Apulia, Italy, where the archangel Michael is said to have appeared.[1]
It is the most visited of the more than 150 caves found inside the Rock of Gibraltar,[2] receiving almost 1,000,000 visitors a year.[3]
- ^ Gaspar Cuesta Estévez (2001). "Toponimia bilingüe de Gibraltar: Acercamiento a un problema histórico y sociolingüístico". Almoraima (in Spanish) (25): 443. ISSN 1133-5319.
- ^ Gibraltar Info - St. Michael's Cave Archived 2008-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Duquesa - St. Michael's Cave Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine