South Batteries

South Batteries is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ibrahim-Al-Ibrahim Mosque and Buffadero Battery.

Ibrahim-Al-Ibrahim Mosque

Mosque

Photo: Atiemann, Public domain.

The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque, also known as the King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Mosque or the Mosque of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, is an Islamic mosque located at Europa Point in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, a peninsula connected to southern Spain. Ibrahim-Al-Ibrahim Mosque is situated 140 metres southwest of South Batteries.

Buffadero Battery

Fort

Photo: jamescridland, CC BY 2.0.

Buffadero Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on Windmill Hill.

Beefsteak Cave

Cave

Beefsteak Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located in the south of the Rock, between Europa Point and Windmill Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windmill Hill and South Mole.

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.

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. South Mole is situated 3 km northwest of South Batteries.

Coaling Island

Locality

Photo: Mrjohncummings, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coaling Island is an area of reclaimed land in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located at the centre of the western end of Gibraltar Harbour as one of its industrial zones. Coaling Island is situated 3 km northwest of South Batteries.

South Batteries

Type: Fort
Description: artillery battery in Gibraltar
Categories: artillery battery, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Gibraltar, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

36.11308° or 36° 6′ 47″ north

Longitude

-5.34474° or 5° 20′ 41″ west

Open location code

8C8P4M74+64

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8807394653

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

Wikidata ID

Q15278653

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In Other Languages

“South Batteries” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Baterías Sur”

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