Jebel Musa is a mountain in the northernmost part of Morocco, near of the Strait of Gibraltar. Jebel Musa is part of the Rif mountain chain, and it is considered to be the southern Pillar of Hercules,
View of Jebel Musa from Benzú, in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
View of Jebel Musa as seen from Gibraltar
Jebel Musa, viewed in telephoto lens from the shore of Cadiz Province, Spain
An aerial view of the mountain
Benzú is a small settlement within the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta. It has a population of 1,987 according to the 2011 census, divided into two units with Ceuta as its municipality.
Jebel Musa (Morocco)
…highstands are at 120–130 metres; 80 to 90 metres; 40 to 60 metres and from 0 to 25 metres above the present sea level. In Ceuta, around the town of Benzú, the mountain is known as The Dead Woman (Spanish: la Mujer Muerta), because from that direction it resembles a woman on her back. The mountain is a…
The Moroccan mountain of Jebel Musa, as viewed from Benzú.
Access to the archaeological site of the cave of Benzú