Napier of Magdala Battery
Napier of Magdala Battery is a former coastal artillery battery on the south-western cliffs of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, overlooking the Bay of Gibraltar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Julo, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Engineer Battery and The Rock.
Engineer Battery
Fort
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Engineer Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
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 kilometres -long promontory stretching due south into the Mediterranean Sea and is located within the British territory of Gibraltar.
Gibraltar Artificial Reef
Reef
The Gibraltar Artificial Reef, or simply the Gibraltar Reef, is the ongoing artificial reef project for the Mediterranean waters surrounding the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Gibraltar Artificial Reef is situated 180 metres southwest of Napier of Magdala Battery.
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.
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.
Napier of Magdala Battery
- Type: Fort
- Description: artillery battery in Gibraltar
- Categories: artillery battery, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gibraltar, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.12267° or 36° 7′ 22″ northLongitude
-5.35404° or 5° 21′ 15″ westOpen location code
8C8P4JFW+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 257481151OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q327528
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Japanese—“Napier of Magdala Battery” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Napier of Magdala Battery”
- Japanese: “ネイピア・オブ・マグダラ砲台”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Napier of Magdala Battery”. Photo: Julo, Public domain.