Rock of Gibraltar - Gibraltar
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 36° 08.150 W 005° 20.800
30S E 288845 N 4001565
The Rock of Gibraltar...icon for the Prudential Insurance Company and one of the Pillars of Hercules.
Waymark Code: WMH7GQ
Location: Gibraltar
Date Posted: 06/03/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
Views: 42

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"The Rock of Gibraltar ... is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, off the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. It is 426 m (1,398 ft) high. The Rock is Crown property of the United Kingdom, and borders Spain. Most of the Rock's upper area is covered by a nature reserve, which is home to around 250 Barbary macaques. These macaques, as well as a labyrinthine network of tunnels, attract a large number of tourists each year.

The Rock of Gibraltar was one of the Pillars of Hercules and was known to the Romans as Mons Calpe, the other pillar being Mons Abyla or Jebel Musa on the African side of the Strait. In ancient times the two points marked the limit to the known world, a myth originally fostered by the Phoenicians."
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