Genista Battery
Genista Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gorham’s Cave and Edward VII Battery.
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 610 metres northeast of Genista Battery.
Edward VII Battery
Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Edward VII Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Edward VII Battery is situated 100 metres south of Genista 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 610 metres south of Genista 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.
Genista 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
36.11728° or 36° 7′ 2″ northLongitude
-5.34756° or 5° 20′ 51″ westOpen location code
8C8P4M82+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 967617734OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q16838631
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