Lord Airey’s Battery

Lord Airey's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of . It is located near the southern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, just north of .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Rock and St. Michael’s Cave.

Peak
Photo: Gibnews, Public domain.
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 .

Cave
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St. Michael's Cave or Old St. Michael's Cave is a network of limestone caves located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of , at a height of over 300 metres above sea level. is situated 240 metres northwest of Lord Airey’s Battery.

Cave
Photo: Gibmetal77, CC BY 3.0.
Gorham's Cave is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of . 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… is situated 500 metres south of Lord Airey’s Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windmill Hill and East Side.

Locality
or Flats is one of a pair of plateaux, known collectively as the Southern Plateaux, at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of .

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.

Lord Airey’s Battery

Latitude
36.12481° or 36° 7′ 29″ north
Longitude
-5.34336° or 5° 20′ 36″ west
Open location code
8C8P4MF4+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8807220739
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q12061369
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