Fungus Rock

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 , itself an island in the .
Wikipedia
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  • Islet
  • …lies at an elevation of 16 metres (52 feet)
  • Description: small islet in Gozo
  • Also known as
    “Il-Gebla tal-General”
    “Ta General”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Collapsed Azure Window and Inland Sea.
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The Azure Window, also known as the Dwejra Window, was…
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The , sometimes called Il-Qawra in Maltese…
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is a small watchtower in Dwejra Bay…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Lawrence and Gharb.
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San Lawrenz is an administrative unit of , on the island of .
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Għarb is an administrative unit of Malta, located at the westernmost point of the island of .
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Santa Luċija is a hamlet in Kerċem, in Island, . is situated 2½ km east of Fungus Rock.

Fungus Rock

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Latitude
36.04686° or 36° 2′ 49″ north
Longitude
14.18866° or 14° 11′ 19″ east
Open location code
8F8P25WQ+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23560060
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2563099
Wiki­data ID
Q537627

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Uzbek—“Fungus Rock” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shkëmbi i kërpudhave”
  • Arabic: “جبلة الجنرال”
  • Arabic: “جبلة الطرثوث”
  • Arabic: “صخرة الطرثوث”
  • Arabic: “صخرة الفطر”
  • Azerbaijani: “Göbələk qayası”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Грыбная скала”
  • Belarusian: “Грыбная скала”
  • Cebuano: “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”
  • Croatian: “Fungus Rock”
  • Czech: “Fungus Rock”
  • Danish: “Fungus Rock”
  • Dutch: “Fungus Rock”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فونجوس روك”
  • Estonian: “Fungus Rock”
  • French: “Fungus Rock”
  • French: “Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”
  • Georgian: “სოკოს კლდე”
  • German: “Fungus Rock”
  • Hungarian: “Generális-szikla”
  • Italian: “Fungus Rock”
  • Italian: “Pietra del Generale”
  • Italian: “Rocca del Generale”
  • Korean: “펑거스 록”
  • Latvian: “Sēņu klints”
  • Limburgan: “Fungus Rock”
  • Lithuanian: “Grybo uola”
  • Luxembourgish: “Fungus Rock”
  • Maltese: “Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”
  • Maltese: “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fungus Rock”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fungus Rock”
  • Norwegian: “Fungus Rock”
  • Persian: “صخره تل جنرال”
  • Polish: “Fungus Rock”
  • Portuguese: “Rocha do Fungo”
  • Portuguese: “Rocha Fungus”
  • Russian: “Грибная скала”
  • Serbian: “Фунгус рок”
  • Sicilian: “Fungus Rock”
  • Slovenian: “Fungus Rock”
  • Slovenian: “Gobja skala”
  • Slovenian: “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”
  • Spanish: “Roca Fungus”
  • Swedish: “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”
  • Turkish: “Mantar Kaya”
  • Ukrainian: “Фунгус”
  • Uzbek: “Fungus qoyasi”

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