Monte Hacho
Monte Hacho is a low mountain that overlooks the Spanish city of Ceuta, on the north coast of Africa. Monte Hacho is positioned on the Mediterranean coast at the Strait of Gibraltar opposite Gibraltar, and along with the Rock of Gibraltar is claimed by some to be one of the Pillars of Hercules.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 179 metres
- Description: mountain in Ceuta
- Also known as: “Abyla”, “Acho”, and “El Hacho”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Almina Lighthouse and Fort of El Desnarigado.
Almina Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Punta Almina Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the Peninsula of Almina of the autonomous city of Ceuta, Spain.
Ermita de San Antonio
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ermita de San Antonio de Padua is a chapel located on the slopes of Monte Hacho in Ceuta, one of Spain's cities in the North of Africa. It was originally built in the 17th century by the Portuguese, but was extensively renovated and reconstructed in the 1960s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foso Real, Ceuta and Benzú.
Benzú
Village
Photo: Dl5kx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benzú is a small settlement within the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta. It has a population of 1,987 according to the 2011 census, divided into two units with Ceuta as its municipality. Benzú is situated 8 km west of Monte Hacho.
Monte Hacho
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Ceuta, Spanish North Africa, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.89693° or 35° 53′ 49″ northLongitude
-5.28674° or 5° 17′ 12″ westElevation
179 metres (587 feet)Open location code
8C7PVPW7+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 320344037OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Monte Hacho” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل هاشو”
- Armenian: “Աչո”
- Asturian: “Monte Hacho”
- Basque: “Hacho mendia”
- Belarusian: “Ача”
- Belarusian: “Гара Ача”
- Catalan: “Monte Hacho”
- Cebuano: “Monte del Hacho”
- Chinese: “阿乔山”
- Czech: “Monte Hacho”
- Danish: “Monte Hacho”
- Dutch: “Monte Hacho”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت هاتشو”
- Finnish: “Monte Hacho”
- French: “Monte Hacho”
- Galician: “Monte Hacho”
- German: “Monte Hacho”
- Hebrew: “הר אצ’ו”
- Italian: “Monte Hacho”
- Japanese: “モンテ・アチョ”
- Ladin: “Monte Hacho”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monte Hacho”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monte Hacho”
- Norwegian: “Monte Hacho”
- Polish: “Monte Hacho”
- Portuguese: “Hacho”
- Portuguese: “Monte Ábila”
- Portuguese: “Monte Hacho”
- Russian: “Абила”
- Russian: “Ачо”
- Russian: “Монте Ачо”
- Slovenian: “Monte Hacho”
- Spanish: “Hacho”
- Spanish: “Monte del Hacho”
- Spanish: “Monte Hacho”
- Swedish: “Monte del Hacho”
- Swedish: “Monte Hacho”
- Ukrainian: “Ачо”
- Venetian: “Monte Hacho”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Las Cuevas and Urbanización San Antonio.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Puerta de Málaga and Fort of Monte Hacho, Ceuta.
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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 “Monte Hacho”. Photo: Jguk 2, CC BY-SA 3.0.