Għar ta’ Santa Katerina

Għar ta’ Santa Katerina is a cave in Ta’ Kerċem, Malta. Għar ta’ Santa Katerina is situated nearby to Xlendi Tower, as well as near the hamlet St. Lucia.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Xlendi Tower and Fungus Rock.

Xlendi Tower

Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Xlendi Tower is a small watchtower near Xlendi Bay, within the limits of Munxar on the island of Gozo in Malta. The tower is one of the Lascaris towers and dates to 1650; it is currently undergoing restoration. Xlendi Tower is situated 620 metres southeast of Għar ta’ Santa Katerina.

Fungus Rock

Islet

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Fungus Rock, sometimes known as Mushroom Rock, and among the Maltese as Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral, is a small islet in the form of a 60-metre-high massive lump of limestone at the entrance to an almost circular black lagoon in Dwejra, on the coast of Gozo, itself an island in the Maltese archipelago. Fungus Rock is situated 2½ km northwest of Għar ta’ Santa Katerina.

Collapsed Azure Window

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

The Azure Window, also known as the Dwejra Window, was a 28-metre-tall natural arch on the island of Gozo, located just off the shores of Malta. The limestone feature, which was in Dwejra Bay close to the Inland Sea and Fungus Rock, was one of the island's major tourist attractions until it collapsed in stormy weather on 8 March 2017. Collapsed Azure Window is situated 3 km northwest of Għar ta’ Santa Katerina.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xlendi and St. Lucia.

Xlendi

Photo: Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Xlendi is a town on Gozo's south coast. Formerly a picture perfect Mediterranean fishing village, it has now been expanded to several times its old size by modern hotels and apartments.

St. Lucia

Hamlet

Photo: Matthew2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Santa Luċija is a hamlet in Kerċem, in Gozo Island, Malta. The hamlet takes its name from the church situated in the middle of the hamlet. The original chapel dedicated to St Lucy was recorded by inquisitor Pietro Dusina in 1575 during his apostolic visitation.

Kercem

Village

Photo: Sudika, Public domain.

Ta' Kerċem is a village in Malta, in the island of Gozo, with a population of 1,938 people as of March 2014. Ta' Kerċem evolved into a village community around chapel dedicated to Pope Gregory the Great built around 1581 and replaced in 1851 by a church which was enlarged to its present state between 1906 and 1910.

Għar ta’ Santa Katerina

Type: Cave
Also known as: “Għar ta’ Santa Catarina” and “Ghar ta‘ Santa Katerina”
Category: landform
Location: Ta’ Kerċem, Malta, Europe
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Latitude

36.0325° or 36° 1′ 57″ north

Longitude

14.20972° or 14° 12′ 35″ east

Elevation

92 metres (302 feet)

Open location code

8F8P26J5+XV

GeoNames ID

2562533

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