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Spur Battery

Spur Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of . It is located in the Upper Battery area of the southern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, just southwest of .
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Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gorham’s Cave and The Rock.

Cave
Photo: Gibmetal77, CC BY 3.0.
Gorham's Cave is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of . Though not a sea cave, it is often mistaken for one. Considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe, the cave gives its name to the Gorham's… is situated 300 metres southeast of Spur Battery.

Peak
Photo: Gibnews, Public domain.
of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone mountain 426 m high dominating the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. It is situated near the end of a narrow 9-kilometre-long promontory stretching due south into the Mediterranean Sea and is located within the British territory of .

Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
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 , at a height of over 300 metres above sea level. is situated 400 metres north of Spur Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windmill Hill and East Side.

Locality
or Flats is one of a pair of plateaux, known collectively as the Southern Plateaux, at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of .

Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Tredinnick, CC BY 2.0.
Catalan Bay is a bay and fishing in , on the eastern side of away from Westside.

Locality
Photo: Mrjohncummings, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of reclaimed land in the British Overseas Territory of . It is located at the centre of the western end of Gibraltar Harbour as one of its industrial zones.

Spur Battery

Latitude
36.12274° or 36° 7′ 22″ north
Longitude
-5.34389° or 5° 20′ 38″ west
Elevation
316 metres (1,037 feet)
Open location code
8C8P4MF4+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8807394650
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Geo­Names ID
2411451
Wiki­data ID
Q4840
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Spur Battery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Spur Battery”
  • Dutch: “Spur Battery”
  • French: “Spur Battery”
  • German: “Spur Battery”
  • Italian: “Spur Battery”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಪರ್ ಬ್ಯಾಟರಿ”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Spur Battery”
  • Portuguese: “Spur Battery”
  • Spanish: “Spur Battery”

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