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Sandy Bay

Sandy Bay is a village, bay and beach located on a small bay on the eastern Mediterranean coast of , on the opposite side of from the main city. It is situated to the south of and is accessible via Sir Herbert Miles Road.
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Photo: Cabeza2000, CC BY 4.0.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in Gibraltar
  • Also known as: “Salto Carrobo”, “Salto Garrobo”, and “Sandy Bay, Gibraltar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Rock and Gorham’s Cave.

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 kilometres -long promontory stretching due south into the Mediterranean Sea and is located within the British territory of .

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…

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Side and Windmill Hill.

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
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 .

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.

Sandy Bay

Latitude
36.13078° or 36° 7′ 51″ north
Longitude
-5.34026° or 5° 20′ 25″ west
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8C8P4MJ5+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 672478289
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2411461
Wiki­data ID
Q129142
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Satellite Map

Discover Sandy Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sandy Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sandy Bay (luuk)”
  • Cebuano: “Sandy Bay”
  • Dutch: “Sandy Bay”
  • French: “Sandy Bay”
  • German: “Sandy Bay”
  • Hebrew: “סנדי ביי”
  • Indonesian: “Sandy Bay, Gibraltar”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Sandy”
  • Italian: “Sandy Bay”
  • Polish: “Sandy Bay”
  • Portuguese: “Sandy Bay”
  • Spanish: “Sandy Bay”
  • Swedish: “Sandy Bay”

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Highlights include Ailsa Craig and ‘Moorish’ lookout post.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sandy Bay”. Photo: Cabeza2000, CC BY 4.0.