Rock of Gibraltar
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The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone mountain 426 m high dominating the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea at the Strait of Gibraltar. It is situated near the end of a narrow 9-kilom
Western face of the Rock of Gibraltar, in April 2006
Levant cloud forming against the eastern cliffs of the Rock of Gibraltar
The sheer east side of the Rock of Gibraltar
Eastern face, Rock of Gibraltar, in 1880, viewed from N-E
Gibraltar
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Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean. It has
Rock of Gibraltar
…the end of a narrow 9-kilometre-long (5.6 mi) promontory stretching due south into the Mediterranean Sea and is located within the British territory of Gibraltar. The rock is 27 km northeast of Tarifa, Spain, the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The rock serves as a fortress and contains a…
An aerial view
Gibraltar from the air, looking north-west
View of the northern face of the Moorish Castle's Tower of Homage
Shown here during the Second World War, a Douglas Dakota of BOAC is silhouetted at Gibraltar by the batteries of searchlights on the Rock, as crews prepare it for a night flight to the United Kingdom.