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Breakneck Battery

Breakneck Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of . It is located on Ministry of Defence property at the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, north of .
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Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 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 280 metres southwest of Breakneck Battery.

Cave
is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of .

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.

Breakneck Battery

Latitude
36.12837° or 36° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
-5.34424° or 5° 20′ 39″ west
Elevation
448 metres (1,470 feet)
Open location code
8C8P4MH4+88
Open­Street­Map ID
way 951524176
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2411632
Wiki­data ID
Q4959633
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as New Harbours Industrial Estate and Ince’s Farm.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as St Michael’s Cave 315m. Apes‘ Den 420m. Jews Gate 900m. and Royal Anglian Way.

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