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Rooke Battery

Rooke Battery is a now derelict artillery battery on the west side of the British Overseas Territory of .
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Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Rock and St. Michael’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-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 360 metres southeast of Rooke Battery.

The is a large road tunnel in the British Overseas Territory of . It was constructed by the British military during World War II inside the and remains property of the Ministry of Defence to this day. is situated 140 metres northwest of Rooke Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coaling Island and East Side.

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.

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 .

Rooke Battery

Latitude
36.12877° or 36° 7′ 44″ north
Longitude
-5.34771° or 5° 20′ 52″ west
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
Open location code
8C8P4MH2+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8806256936
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Geo­Names ID
2411483
Wiki­data ID
Q12067525
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