Rock of Gibraltar

Rock of Gibraltar is a monument in . Rock of Gibraltar is situated nearby to , as well as near .
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Photo: David Jones, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Rock and Ibex Cave.

Peak
Photo: Gibnews, Public domain.
of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone mountain 426 m high dominating the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea at the Strait of Gibraltar.

Cave
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is a limestone cave on the which has yielded stone artifacts of Mousterian tradition. It was discovered in 1975. It is so named as an ibex skull was found within the cave which would have been hunted by the Neanderthals of Gibraltar thousands of years ago.

Cave
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This is a list of all discovered in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Side and Coaling Island.

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
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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.

Locality
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The is a breakwater located in the southern section of Gibraltar Harbour, in the British Overseas Territory of , at the southern end of the .

Rock of Gibraltar

Latitude
36.13405° or 36° 8′ 3″ north
Longitude
-5.34585° or 5° 20′ 45″ west
Elevation
363 metres (1,191 feet)
Open location code
8C8P4MM3+JM
Geo­Names ID
10280699
Wiki­data ID
Q24698051
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Satellite Map

Discover Rock of Gibraltar from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rock of Gibraltar” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Cable Car Station”
  • French: “Rocher de Gibraltar”
  • Swedish: “Cable Car Station”

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