The Rock
The Rock 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 Gibraltar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 426 metres
- Description: monolithic limestone promontory located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar
- Also known as: “Calpe”, “Calpë”, “Gibraltar”, “Jabel-al-Tariq”, “Mount Misery”, and “Rock of Gibraltar”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest
Highlights include Breakneck Battery and St. Michael’s Cave.
Breakneck Battery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breakneck Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on Ministry of Defence property at the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, north of Lord Airey's Battery.
St. Michael’s Cave
Cave
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 above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Side and Windmill Hill.
East Side
Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Tredinnick, CC BY 2.0.
Catalan Bay is a bay and fishing village in Gibraltar, on the eastern side of The Rock away from Westside.
Windmill Hill
Locality
Windmill Hill or Windmill Hill Flats is one of a pair of plateaux, known collectively as the Southern Plateaux, at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Coaling Island
Locality
Photo: Mrjohncummings, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coaling Island is an area of reclaimed land in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located at the centre of the western end of Gibraltar Harbour as one of its industrial zones.
The Rock
- Categories: promontory, tourist attraction, rock, tourism, and landform
- Location: Gibraltar, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.12857° or 36° 7′ 43″ northLongitude
-5.34441° or 5° 20′ 40″ westElevation
426 metres (1,398 feet)Open location code
8C8P4MH4+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 243843850OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“The Rock” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صخرة جبل طارق”
- Basque: “Gibraltarko haitza”
- Belarusian: “Гібралтарская скала”
- Bulgarian: “Гибралтарска скала”
- Burmese: “ဂျီဘရော်လ်တာ ကျောက်ဆောင်”
- Catalan: “Gibraltar”
- Catalan: “Penó de Gibraltar”
- Catalan: “penyal de Gibraltar”
- Catalan: “Penyal de Gibraltar”
- Cebuano: “Rock of Gibraltar (bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Rock of Gibraltar”
- Chinese: “直布罗陀巨岩”
- Chinese: “直布羅陀岩”
- Chinese: “直布羅陀巨岩”
- Chinese: “直布羅陀巨巖”
- Corsican: “Scogliu di Ghjibilterra”
- Czech: “Gibraltarská skála”
- Czech: “nejvyšší hora Gibraltaru”
- Czech: “Rock of Gibraltar”
- Danish: “Gibraltar-klippen”
- Danish: “Gibraltarklippen”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kerey Cebelitarıqi”
- Dutch: “Calpe”
- Dutch: “Jabel-al-Tariq”
- Dutch: “Rots van Gibraltar”
- Esperanto: “Roko de Ĝibraltaro”
- Finnish: “Gibraltarinvuori”
- French: “Mont Calpe”
- French: “Mont Calpé”
- French: “rocher de Gibraltar”
- French: “Rocher de Gibraltar”
- Galician: “Rocha de Xibraltar”
- German: “Fels von Gibraltar”
- German: “Felsen von Gibraltar”
- German: “Rock of Gibraltar”
- German: “Upper Rock”
- Greek: “Βράχος του Γιβραλτάρ”
- Hebrew: “צוק גיברלטר”
- Icelandic: “Gíbraltarhöfði”
- Indonesian: “Batu Gibraltar”
- Indonesian: “Mons Calpe”
- Indonesian: “Pilar Herkules”
- Indonesian: “Rock of Gibraltar”
- Italian: “Calpe”
- Italian: “Rocca di Gibilterra”
- Italian: “Roccia di Gibilterra”
- Japanese: “ジブラルタルの岩”
- Korean: “지브롤터 바위”
- Korean: “지브롤터 암벽”
- Latin: “Calpe”
- Latin: “Mons Calpe”
- Latvian: “Gibraltāra klints”
- Lithuanian: “Gibraltaro uola”
- Macedonian: “Гибралтарска Карпа”
- Maithili: “गिब्राल्टारक चट्टान”
- Malagasy: “Vatolampin’ i Gibraltara”
- Malagasy: “Vatolampin’i Gibraltara”
- Malay: “Batu Gibraltar”
- Nepali: “गिब्राल्टारको चट्टान”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gibraltarklippen”
- Norwegian: “Gibraltarklippen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Arròc de Gibartar”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ròc de Gibartar”
- Persian: “صخره جبلالطارق”
- Polish: “Skała Gibraltarska”
- Portuguese: “Mons Calpe”
- Portuguese: “Monte Calpe”
- Portuguese: “Monte de Gibraltar”
- Portuguese: “Rochedo de Gibraltar”
- Russian: “Гибралтарская скала”
- Slovenian: “Gibraltarska skala”
- Spanish: “Calpe”
- Spanish: “Columna de Hercules”
- Spanish: “Columna de Hércules”
- Spanish: “El Peñón”
- Spanish: “Geografia de Gibraltar”
- Spanish: “Geografía de Gibraltar”
- Spanish: “la Roca”
- Spanish: “La Roca”
- Spanish: “Penon de Gibraltar”
- Spanish: “Penón de Gibraltar”
- Spanish: “Peñon de Gibraltar”
- Spanish: “Peñón de Gibraltar”
- Swedish: “Gibraltarklippan”
- Swedish: “Rock of Gibraltar (berg)”
- Tachelhit: “Taẓkka n Djabal Ṭariq”
- Ukrainian: “Гібралтарська скеля”
- Urdu: “چٹان جبل الطارق”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Gibraltar”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Gibranta”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bato han Gibraltar”
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Localities in the Area
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