The Rock
The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone mountain 426 m high dominating the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea at the Strait of Gibraltar.
Photo: Gibnews, Public domain.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 426 metres
- Description: monolithic limestone promontory located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar
- Also known as: “Calpë”, “Columna de Hercules”, “Columna de Hércules”, “Geografia de Gibraltar”, “Geografía de Gibraltar”, “Gibraltar-klippen”, “Jabel-al-Tariq”, “la Roca”, “Mont Calpe”, “Mont Calpé”, “Monte Calpe”, “Monte de Gibraltar”, “Mount Misery”, “Núi Gibranta”, “Penon de Gibraltar”, “Penón de Gibraltar”, “Peñon de Gibraltar”, “Pilar Herkules”, “Ròc de Gibartar”, “Rock of Gibraltar”, “Upper Rock”, “直布羅陀岩”, and “直布羅陀巨岩”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Breakneck Battery and St. Michael’s Cave.
Breakneck Battery
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Side and Windmill Hill.
Coaling Island
Locality
The Rock
- Categories: promontory, tourist attraction, rock, tourism, and landform
- Location: Gibraltar, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.12857° or 36° 7′ 43″ north
Longitude
-5.34441° or 5° 20′ 40″ west
Elevation
426 metres (1,398 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8C8P4MH4+C6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Breton: “Roc’h Jibraltar”
- 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: “直布羅陀巨巖”
- Corsican: “Scogliu di Ghjibilterra”
- Czech: “Gibraltarská skála”
- Danish: “Gibraltarklippen”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kerey Cebelitarıqi”
- Dutch: “Rots van Gibraltar”
- Esperanto: “Roko de Ĝibraltaro”
- Finnish: “Gibraltarinvuori”
- French: “rocher de Gibraltar”
- French: “Rocher de Gibraltar”
- Galician: “Rocha de Xibraltar”
- German: “Fels von Gibraltar”
- German: “Felsen von Gibraltar”
- Greek: “Βράχος του Γιβραλτάρ”
- Hebrew: “צוק גיברלטר”
- Icelandic: “Gíbraltarhöfði”
- Indonesian: “Batu Gibraltar”
- 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”
- Persian: “صخره جبلالطارق”
- Polish: “Skała Gibraltarska”
- Portuguese: “Rochedo de Gibraltar”
- Russian: “Гибралтарская скала”
- Slovenian: “Gibraltarska skala”
- Spanish: “El Peñón”
- Spanish: “La Roca”
- 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”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bato han Gibraltar”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: New Harbours Industrial Estate and Ince’s Farm.
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Highlights: Spyglass Battery and Bray’s Cave.
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