Levant Battery
Levant Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on Windmill Hill, at the southern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, below observation post Fire Control South.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gorham’s Cave and The Rock.
Gorham’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Gibmetal77, CC BY 3.0.
Gorham's Cave is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Though not a sea cave, it is often mistaken for one. Considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe, the cave gives its name to the Gorham's… Gorham’s Cave is situated 150 metres east of Levant Battery.
The Rock
Peak
Photo: Gibnews, Public domain.
The Rock 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 Gibraltar.
Levant Cave
Cave
The Gibraltar Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar that covers over 40% of the territory's land area. Levant Cave is situated 120 metres north of Levant Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windmill Hill and East Side.
Windmill Hill
Locality
Windmill Hill or Windmill Hill Flats is one of a pair of plateaux, known collectively as the Southern Plateaux, at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
East Side
Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Tredinnick, CC BY 2.0.
Catalan Bay is a bay and fishing village in Gibraltar, on the eastern side of The Rock away from Westside.
South Mole
Locality
Photo: Itto Ogami, CC BY 3.0.
The South Mole is a breakwater located in the southern section of Gibraltar Harbour, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula.
Levant Battery
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: artillery battery in Gibraltar
- Categories: artillery battery, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Gibraltar, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.11997° or 36° 7′ 12″ northLongitude
-5.34356° or 5° 20′ 37″ westOpen location code
8C8P4M94+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 8807148296OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6534896
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