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The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic promontory. The Main Ridge has a sharp crest with peaks over 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level, formed by Early Jurassic limestones and dolomites. [5] It is a deeply eroded and highly faulted limb of an overturned fold. The sedimentary strata composing the Rock of Gibraltar are
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The European Pillar of Hercules: the Rock of Gibraltar (foreground), with the North African shore and Jebel Musa in the background. Jebel Musa, one of the candidates for the North African Pillar of Hercules, as seen from Tarifa, at the other shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. Jebel Musa and the Rock of Gibraltar seen from the Mediterranean Sea.
A Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvana) in Gibraltar. The Rock of Gibraltar is home to the last wild monkey population in all of Europe, where popular belief holds that as long as Barbary Macaques exist on Gibraltar, the territory will remain under British rule.
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St. Michael's Cave or Old St. Michael's Cave is the name given to a network of limestone caves located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at a height of over 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level.
Europa Point Lighthouse and Rock of Gibraltar, as viewed from Strait of Gibraltar. The lighthouse is the only such building outside of the British Isles which is operated by Trinity House, a lighthouse agency based in England. [2] [3] Accordingly, it is also referred to as the Trinity Lighthouse.