# Jib Tunnel

- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Depth:** 98 m (To floor of Gaping Gill Main Chamber)
- **Access:** Permit
- **Length:** 100 m (including Spout Tunnel)
- **Survey:** [http://cavemaps.org/surveys/cpc/full/CPC%20J5-4%20Spout%20Tunnel.png 1976 CPC Survey on Cave Maps]
- **Geology:** Carboniferous limestone
- **Hazards:** water, verticality
- **Location:** Ingleborough, North Yorkshire, UK
- **Discovery:** 1872
- **Elevation:** 396 m
- **Map Width:** 250
- **Difficulty:** IV-V
- **Grid Ref Uk:** SD 7510 7270
- **Photo Width:** 250
- **Photo Caption:** The entrance is between the rock wall and the large boulder
- **Entrance Count:** 1

Jib Tunnel, also known as Lateral Passage is one of the entrances into the Gaping Gill cave system in North Yorkshire, located behind a large boulder in the north bank of Fell Beck adjacent to Gaping Gill Main Shaft. Although short, it leads to Lateral Shaft, a direct descent into Gaping Gill Main Chamber which is a popular caving route, and has had considerable significance in the history of the exploration of Gaping Gill. It lies within the designated Ingleborough Site of Special Scientific Interest.

![Photo of Jib Tunnel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Jib_Tunnel%2C_Gaping_Gill%2C_entrance.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jib_Tunnel (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)