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Pillars of Hercules, ancient name for mountains
flanking the Strait of Gibraltar, watch 30,000 mer-
chant ships a year pass through. Telescopic lens com-
presses the distance between Gibraltar's rooftops and
2,782-foot Jebel Musa in Morocco, 15 miles away.
Ships of the Royal Navy, illuminated by their own
lights at dusk, blaze at berths in sight of Spain. For
views of two continents, visitors may ride aerial cable
cars to the top of the Rock, off limits until this year.
Staunchly British, the 19,000 Gibraltarians claim
Portuguese, Italian, Maltese, Spanish, and Jewish
ancestry. Some 6,000 resident aliens from every cor-
ner of the world add to the cosmopolitan flavor. With
the military garrison, they jam the Crown Colony's
21/4 square miles!
Regarded as impregnable, the Rock fell to a Brit-
ish-Dutch fleet in 1704; in the Treaty of Utrecht, Spain
ceded the fortress to Britain "to be held and enjoyed
absolutely wi
Ty with all manner of right forever."
Cádize
Mediterranean
Sea
Cape Trafalgar
GIBRALTAR (U.K.)
ENLARGED ABOVE
Atlantic
Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar
Jebel Muwith Ceuta :Spaini
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50
Č N.G.S.
THOROG
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TR.A.F. AND COMMERCIALH
25
PASSENGER WHARF
440 Beach .
NORTH
MOLE 30
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RÁGALLERIES
120
STUE-
GEORGE'S HALL
Gibraltar
WATERWORKS
=
CITY HALL
ROYAL GIBRALTARC
YACHT CLUB
FROWNED
Godis Hill +
DETACHED 39
CALETA PALACE
MÔLE
ac
HOTEL
FRAIN WEITER
CATCHMENT
150
ARIAL CABLEWAY
56
SOUTH
QUIEN'S GATE
DOCKYA
FAMEPAY
Sandy Bay.
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144
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1958 - Highest Point
ST. MICHAEL'S CAVE
102
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180
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GORHAM'S CAVE
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STATINIŲ MILE
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Elevations and soundings in feet
Water catchments outlined in blue
Cathedrals Old fortifications
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TEL .HACH'L ART DIVISION
¿ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
LIGHTHOUSE
Europa Point
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80
Gibraltar Bay
NEUTRAL GROUND
(Bahia de Algeciras)
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12
BRITISH LINES
IPAIRPORT
Eastern
Catalan Bay
HOLY Y
Harbour
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MOLE
CORDERS
Gibraltar
BRITISH BASTION
BROKEN BRIDGE TO AFRICA dangles from
Europe: Gibraltar once formed part of
a mountain wall that linked the continents,
Cares riddling the Rock have yielded
elephant and rhinoceros fossils, The city
crowds beside its mole-enclosed harbor.
Andalusia spreads beyond Gibraltar Bay.
KODACHROME BY BATES LITTLEHALES @ N.G.S.
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