Rock of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, United Kingdom, Europe
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 300 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 Greeks and the Phoenicians. The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic promontory. It is a deeply eroded and highly faulted limb of an overturned fold. The sedimentary strata comprising the Rock of Gibraltar are overturned (upside down) with the oldest strata overlying the youngest strata. These strata are the Catalan Bay Shale Formation (youngest), Gibraltar Limestone, Little Bay Shale Formation (oldest), and Dockyard Shale Formation (age unknown). These strata are noticeably faulted and deformed. Predominantly of shale, the Catalan Bay Shale Formation also contains thick units composed of either brown calcareous sandstone, soft shaly sandstone interbedded with bluish-black limestone, and interlayered greenish-gray marls and dark gray cherts. The Catalan Bay Shale Formation contains unidentifiable echinoid spines and belemnite fragments and infrequent Early Jurassic (Middle Lias) ammonites. The Gibraltar Limestone consists of greyish-white or pale-gray compact, and sometime finely crystalline, medium to thick bedded limestones and dolomites that locally contain chert seams. This formation comprises about three quarters of the Rock of Gibraltar. Geologists have found various poorly preserved and badly eroded and rolled marine fossils within it. The fossils found in the Gibraltar Limestone include various brachiopods, corals, echinoid fragments, gastropods, pelecypods, and stromatolites. These fossils indicate an Early Jurassic age (Lower Lias) for the deposition of the Gibraltar Limestone. The Little Bay and Dockyard shale formations form a very minor part of the Rock of Gibraltar. The Little Bay Shale Formation consists of dark bluish-gray, unfossiliferous shale, which is interbedded with thin layers of grit, mudstone, and limestone. It predates the Gibraltar Limestone. The Dockyard Shale Formation is an undescribed variegated shale of unknown age that lies buried beneath the Gibraltar's dockyard and coastal protection structures. Although these geological formations were deposited during the early part of the Jurassic Period some 175-200 million years ago, their current appearance is due to far more recent events of about 5 million years ago. When the African tectonic plate collided tightly with the Eurasian plate, the Mediterranean became a lake that, over the course of time, dried up during the Messinian salinity crisis. The Atlantic Ocean then broke through the Strait of Gibraltar, and the resultant flooding created the Mediterranean Sea. The Rock forms part of the Betic Cordillera, a mountain range that dominates south-eastern Iberia. Today, the Rock of Gibraltar forms a peninsula jutting out into the Strait of Gibraltar from the southern coast of Spain. The promontory is linked to the continent by means of a sandy tombolo with a maximum elevation of 3 m (9.8 ft). To the north, the Rock rises vertically from sea level up to 411.5 m (1,350 ft) at Rock Gun Battery. The Rock's highest point stands 426 m (1,398 ft) above the strait at O'Hara's Battery. The Rock's central peak, Signal Hill, stands at an elevation of 387 m (1,270 ft). The near-cliffs along the eastern side of the Rock drop down to a series of wind-blown sand slopes that date to the glaciations when sea levels were lower than today, and a sandy plain extended east from the base of the Rock. The western face, where the City of Gibraltar is located, is comparatively less steep. Calcite, the mineral that makes up limestone, dissolves slowly in rainwater. Over time, this process can form caves. For this reason the Rock of Gibraltar contains over 100 caves. St. Michael's Cave, located halfway up the western slope of the Rock, is the most prominent and is a popular tourist attraction. Gorham's Cave is located near sea level on the steep eastern face of the Rock. It is noteworthy because archaeological excavations in the cave have found evidence that Neanderthals used it as far back as 30,000 years ago. It is especially significant because plant and animal remains found in the cave (and others nearby) indicate that the Neanderthals had a highly varied diet. The flora and fauna of the Gibraltar Nature Reserve are of conservation interest and are protected by law.
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If you want an chance to get up close and personal with monkeys, Gibraltar is the place for you. The main residents on the top of the rock of Gibraltar are monkeys. These apes, as they are referred to here, are quite comfortable around humans so it's a great opportunity to get close to them, but not too close. Just like monkeys elsewhere, these characters will not pass up a chance to snatch whatever it is you have in your hand. Be on your guard.
Gibraltar, British overseas territory on a narrow, rocky peninsula extending into the Mediterranean Sea from SW Spain. Most of the peninsula is occupied by the Rock of Gibraltar, one of the Pillars of Hercules, which guards the northeastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic. The town of Gibraltar lies at the northwest end of the Rock of Gibraltar. The peninsula is connected with the mainland by a low sandy area of neutral ground. West of the peninsula is the Bay of Gibraltar, an inlet of the strait. There is a safe enclosed harbor of 440 acres. The rock, of Jurassic limestone, contains caves in which valuable archaeological finds have been made. It is honeycombed by defense works and arsenals, which are largely concealed. A tunnel bisects the rock from east to west.
During the many years that Gibraltar was a British fortress, most of the area was taken up by military installations, and the civilian population was kept small. Many of the laborers lived in the Spanish border town of La Línea. The population now consists of people of Spanish, Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese, German, and North African descent. More than three quarters of the population is Roman Catholic; there are Protestant, Muslim, and Jewish minorities. English is the official language, and Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese are spoken.
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SuperZings Kids Free Play at the Beach ????On the Rock of Hercules, Gibraltar UK ???? Family Video
My two boys have been asking me to make some videos with their toys, currently with this little thumb-sized figures called SuperZings. So, on a family vacation on a Pillar of Hercules--the Rock of Gibraltar, UK--we finally did it. Here they are--kids at play. . . FREE PLAY. . . on Catalan Bay in December. This family video will also help you, parents or otherwise, see the warm and welcoming beach in the winter without ever leaving your home OR ahead of your visit, in case you are doing recon.
For those of you (and your kids) who want to learn some words in English, Polish or Spanish (that the boys speak) we added some text, spoken by my older son, for the following words: beach, sea, sand, castle.
This video will also show you how quiet the beach on the eastern side of Gibraltar could be at this time in December even though the temperature was in the high teens (Celsius) when we visited, warm enough to have beach play with no shoes. But the water was quite cold. So be forewarned!
Here, you can see what kind of beach Catalan bay is, what type of sand it has, and how pretty the colorful houses are. We also show you the playground at the beach itself and parking aplenty (at least during off season) for FREE. There are at least 2 restaurants that were open during our visit--one above the playground and another at the Caleta Hotel, a little farther away. This in case, you and your little ones have a bathroom emergency.
We get NO money, gifts or anything for mentioning these commercial places. Just helpful info for parents with little high-energy bundles of joy. . . your children, that is.
How far is this beach from the entrance to Gibraltar? Can you walk here?
Yes, you can walk to Catalan Bay. It is a little over 2 kilometers (30-minute walk) from the entrance to Gibraltar. It is a single-lane, two-way traffic road, not busy during our visit but the opposite in the summer months. So be careful.
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~~~ SPANISH~~~
Mis dos hijos me han estado pidiendo que haga algunos videos con sus juguetes, actualmente con estas pequeñas figuras del tamaño de un pulgar llamadas SuperZings. Entonces, en unas vacaciones familiares en un Pilar de Hércules, el Peñón de Gibraltar, Reino Unido, finalmente lo logramos. Aquí están, niños jugando. . . JUEGO GRATIS. . . en la bahía catalana en diciembre. Este video familiar también lo ayudará a usted, a sus padres o de otra manera, a ver la cálida y acogedora playa en invierno sin tener que abandonar su hogar O antes de su visita, en caso de que esté haciendo un reconocimiento.
Este video también le mostrará lo tranquila que podría ser la playa en el lado este de Gibraltar en este momento en diciembre, a pesar de que la temperatura estaba en la adolescencia (Celsius) cuando visitamos, lo suficientemente cálida como para jugar en la playa sin zapatos. Pero el agua estaba bastante fría. ¡Así que ten cuidado!
Aquí puedes ver qué tipo de playa es la bahía catalana, qué tipo de arena tiene y qué bonitas son las coloridas casas. También le mostramos el área de juegos en la playa y estacionamiento en abundancia (al menos durante la temporada baja) GRATIS. Hay al menos 2 restaurantes que estaban abiertos durante nuestra visita, uno sobre el parque infantil y otro en el Hotel Caleta, un poco más lejos. Esto en caso de que usted y sus pequeños tengan una emergencia en el baño.
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~~~POLISH~~~
Moi dwaj chłopcy prosili mnie o zrobienie filmów z ich zabawkami, obecnie z tymi małymi figurkami wielkości kciuka zwanymi SuperZings. Tak więc, podczas rodzinnych wakacji na „Słupie Herkulesa” - skale Gibraltaru w Wielkiej Brytanii - w końcu to zrobiliśmy. Oto oni - dzieci bawią się. . . DARMOWA GRA. . . na Zatoce Katalońskiej w grudniu. Ten rodzinny film pomoże również tobie, rodzicom lub w inny sposób, zobaczyć ciepłą i przyjazną plażę w zimie bez wychodzenia z domu LUB przed wizytą, na wypadek, gdybyś się znał.
Tutaj możesz zobaczyć, jaka jest plaża w zatoce katalońskiej, jaki ma piasek i jak piękne są kolorowe domy. Pokazujemy również plac zabaw na samej plaży i mnóstwo miejsca parkingowego (przynajmniej poza sezonem) ZA DARMO. W trakcie naszej wizyty są co najmniej 2 restauracje - jedna nad placem zabaw, a druga w Caleta Hotel, nieco dalej. To w przypadku, gdy ty i twoi najmłodsi macie awarię w łazience.
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Gibraltar from the Sea
Video taken of Gibraltar from the Royal Princess cruise ship
Gibraltar border and airport runway by car Spain
Gibraltar border and airport runway by car with passport control
Gibraltar autemn 2011, Cablecar, Apes, Monkeys, plane landing, views to africa, sunset
The astonishing huge chunk of limestone (5km long up to 1.6km wide and 426m high) rising up from the Mediterranean was one of the mythic Pillars of Hercules. The eastern side is made up of sheer cliffs with sandy beaches forming the perimeter. The western slopes are gentler and much of the lower half is the city, with the upper parts there is a large nature reserve.
Gibraltar has been a British colony since 1704 with an engaging mix of British Mediterranean the buildings, culture, style and especially the commerce are British. Legend has it that Britain will retain sovereignty of the rock as long as the famous wild Barbary apes remain.
The Upper Rock reached by either cable car, minibus (tours) or private car there are breathtaking views down to the town, beaches, the Stait of Gibraltar, Bahia de Algeciras and if the weather is clear you can Morocco in detail.
Points of interest, along with the apes, there are dolphins and whales in the bay. Great Siege Tunnels, The Morrish Castle, Military Heritage Centre, St Michael's Cave. Walk through the Main Street, great for shopping if you are missing a little bit of England, with the normal high street stores mixed in with tax free shops. Have lunch or just grab a coffee at the marina (Ocean Village).
Gibraltar is located at the entrance of the Mediterranean, connected to Spain via La Linea. After passing through immigration and customs, the road crosses the runway of Gibraltar airport.
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR PASSPORT!
Gibraltar Levante weather
The Rock of Gibraltar has its own form of climate- It is called The Levante and forms as a cloud over the top of the rock- Damp heavy air for occupants underneath . Gibraltar Levante weather climate in southern point overlooking Morocco.
Cruise ships visit Gibraltar regularly as opening to the Mediterranean Sea from The Atlantic Ocean.
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Gibraltar Much more than you can imagine
GIBRALTAR
Dominating the horizon at the southern-most tip of Europe stands a majestic Jurassic limestone Rock, rising up into the blue skies and gentle winds. It is the very heart and soul of Gibraltar, this small yet symbolic territory, towering above the gateway to the shimmering Mediterranean Sea. The sunlight reflecting off the Rock is like its people, warm and friendly, like the gentle breeze rolling off the sea, softly caressing the sandy shores.
Gibraltar is one of the most unique and beautiful corners of Europe; a place where modernity blends perfectly with the ancient; an extension of Britain in the Mediterranean, which beautifully combines the best of both worlds; a lovely town, where every street and every corner have their own story to tell; a story that even dates back to the creation of Man Himself. And its present day independent spirit has been shaped by victorious battles, heroes and legends.
One of the Pillars of Hercules; guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean; a special place which has captivated the soul of Mankind throughout the Ages. A city of reinvention, whose economy is enjoying unrivalled growth, yet remains as welcoming as ever. Lose yourself in its charming gardens, old streets and beautiful marinas, and feel the encapsulating spirit of Gibraltar, become part of you.
Be amazed by a place like no other, truly special, whose heart hides much, much more than you can imagine!
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The Skywalk
Stand on top of the Northern Pillar of Hercules to discover
breathtaking 360º views spanning three countries across two
continents. There is nowhere in the world like the Rock of Gibraltar.
Used for military advantage for hundreds of years, this spectacular
lookout is now open to the public and has been transformed into
a state-of-the-art glass platform and walkway.
Searching for Atlantis in Spain
Plato's Story of Atlantis
Plato's city Athens fought a heroic battle with its powerful adversary and it was only after Atlantis suddenly disappeared in the ocean due to violent earthquakes and floods that Athens won this war. According to Plato, all this happened 9,000 years before his time.
That would date this event to at least 9,400 BC, some 12,400 years ago. Intriguingly, this corresponds to the period when the geological age of the Younger Dryas suddenly ended with an abrupt warming of more than 10°C in only a few years. This event marked the beginning of the Holocene, the era in which we are still living today.
Sea levels must have risen rapidly and dramatically, and as a result entire civilizations, if any existed, would have disappeared under water. It's still unclear what caused this extreme climate change around 9,700 BC, although some evidence seems to point to solar activity. The onset of the Younger Dryas, only 1300 years before that, was also due to an extreme climate change but the cause of this catastrophic event is generally known as being a comet impact.
Whether Atlantis really existed is hard to say. In that era, sealevels were at least 80 to 100 meters lower than today and any archeological evidence would have been buried under sand at the bottom of the sea. Sofar, nothing has been found.
It is much more likely that Plato's main concern was not to be historically accurate, but rather to illustrate and put forward his political views. He was very much opposed to Athen's new democracy and held the opinion that it would inevitably lead to dictatorship and tyranny. Indeed, Atlantis owed its greatness to the oligarchy that happened to govern the city-empire exactly the way Plato propagated in his famous work “The Republic.”
Moreover, only the first 20 pages of Plato's narrative have been preserved so we don't know how the ending. It's still remarkable though, how Plato's story reflects climatic events and other facts of which he could not have had any direct knowledge.
He explains, for instance, how in ancient times the higher and less fertile areas were inhabited by primitive pastoral peoples, while more advanced civilizations lived in the coastal regions. In this way, more primitive societies were able to escape the catastrophic rise in sea levels that destroyed the coastal regions. Due to Egypt's location further inland in the Nile valley, the advanced Egyptian civilization was the only exception to this rule.
Other intriguing issues, such as the frequent use of “orichalcum” in Atlantis, are mentioned in the Critias as well. This mysterious metal is very reminiscent of tumbaga, an alloy of gold and copper in varying proportions which was much used by the Inca and other peoples in the New World. This, however, became known only 2,000 years later after Columbus discovered America.
Plato wasn't the first to mention Atlantis as it is often believed. In Herodotus' time, the sea outside Gibraltar was on occasion called the Atlantis Sea. In the Great Hall of the temple of Ramses at Karnak a column shows a depiction of a great festival, along with an accompanying text memorializing “the loss of a drowned continent in the Western Ocean.” Plato described Atlantis as being ruled by ten kings and Egyptian king-lists going back thousands of years before Plato also talk of ten god-kings called “Atlanteans.”
The Sanskrit writings of ancient India contain several descriptions of Atlantis, and even assert that Atlantis was destroyed as the result of a war between the Gods and Asuras, a giant and sometimes demonic creature. The Mahabharata speaks of Atala, the White Island and describes it as an island of great splendour.
Megalithic structures like the Sphynx in Egypt, Göbekli Tepe in Turkey and maybe even Yonaguni in Japan that were built more than 10.000 years ago, point to the existence of advanced cultures in ancient times.
A geological feature named the Richat Structure, located beyond the Pillars of Hercules in the Sahara dessert near Ouadane in central Mauritania, fits perfectly with Plato's descriptions. Also, the Sahara was a green and fertile land with lakes and rivers until about 5,000 years BC.
However, the Richat Structure is said to be millions of years and is located at about 500 meters above sea level. But perhaps Atlantis, which after all was a world empire that ruled the oceans, consisted of several cities with the same structure. Or Plato simply composed his illustrious story by combining different accounts from several eras of history.
Fantasizing about a mythological Atlantis and its location has become part of our collective and historical consciousness in almost Jungian fashion. The way in which Plato has achieved this is what makes and keeps him the best storyteller of all time.
(2014)
Video: National Geography, 2012
Gibraltar autemn 2011
Gibraltar autemn 2011, Cablecar, Apes, Monkeys, plane landing, views to africa, sunset
Gibraltar autemn 2011, Cablecar, Apes, Monkeys, plane landing, views to africa, sunset
The astonishing huge chunk of limestone (5km long up to 1.6km wide and 426m high) rising up from the Mediterranean was one of the mythic Pillars of Hercules. The eastern side is made up of sheer cliffs with sandy beaches forming the perimeter. The western slopes are gentler and much of the lower half is the city, with the upper parts there is a large nature reserve.
Gibraltar has been a British colony since 1704 with an engaging mix of British Mediterranean the buildings, culture, style and especially the commerce are British. Legend has it that Britain will retain sovereignty of the rock as long as the famous wild Barbary apes remain.
The Upper Rock reached by either cable car, minibus (tours) or private car there are breathtaking views down to the town, beaches, the Stait of Gibraltar, Bahia de Algeciras and if the weather is clear you can Morocco in detail.
Points of interest, along with the apes, there are dolphins and whales in the bay. Great Siege Tunnels, The Morrish Castle, Military Heritage Centre, St Michael's Cave. Walk through the Main Street, great for shopping if you are missing a little bit of England, with the normal high street stores mixed in with tax free shops. Have lunch or just grab a coffee at the marina (Ocean Village).
Gibraltar is located at the entrance of the Mediterranean, connected to Spain via La Linea. After passing through immigration and customs, the road crosses the runway of Gibraltar airport.
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR PASSPORT!
Monkeys In Gibraltar 1 (2014)
Gibraltar the rock
Gibraltar, the Rock with fantastic views, caves, monkeys, tax free alcohol, cigarettes and fuel. Don´t forget your passport when you cross the border from Spain to UK!!! You enter Gibraltar by crossing the runway of the airport.
Gibraltar, the Rock mit fantastischen Ausblicken, Höhlen, Affen, Alkohol, Zigaretten und Benzin zollfrei. Ausweis nicht vergessen, um die Grenzen von Spanien nach GB zu passieren. Beim Eintritt Gibraltars überquert man die Landebahn des Flughafens.
Gibraltar autemn 2011, Cablecar, Apes, Monkeys, plane landing, views to africa, sunset
The astonishing huge chunk of limestone (5km long up to 1.6km wide and 426m high) rising up from the Mediterranean was one of the mythic Pillars of Hercules. The eastern side is made up of sheer cliffs with sandy beaches forming the perimeter. The western slopes are gentler and much of the lower half is the city, with the upper parts there is a large nature reserve.
Gibraltar has been a British colony since 1704 with an engaging mix of British Mediterranean the buildings, culture, style and especially the commerce are British. Legend has it that Britain will retain sovereignty of the rock as long as the famous wild Barbary apes remain.
The Upper Rock reached by either cable car, minibus (tours) or private car there are breathtaking views down to the town, beaches, the Stait of Gibraltar, Bahia de Algeciras and if the weather is clear you can Morocco in detail.
Points of interest, along with the apes, there are dolphins and whales in the bay. Great Siege Tunnels, The Morrish Castle, Military Heritage Centre, St Michael's Cave. Walk through the Main Street, great for shopping if you are missing a little bit of England, with the normal high street stores mixed in with tax free shops. Have lunch or just grab a coffee at the marina (Ocean Village).
Gibraltar is located at the entrance of the Mediterranean, connected to Spain via La Linea. After passing through immigration and customs, the road crosses the runway of Gibraltar airport.
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR PASSPORT!
Gib Hip Hip
Gibraltar autemn 2011, Cablecar, Apes, Monkeys, plane landing, views to africa, sunset
Gibraltar autemn 2011, Cablecar, Apes, Monkeys, plane landing, views to africa, sunset
The astonishing huge chunk of limestone (5km long up to 1.6km wide and 426m high) rising up from the Mediterranean was one of the mythic Pillars of Hercules. The eastern side is made up of sheer cliffs with sandy beaches forming the perimeter. The western slopes are gentler and much of the lower half is the city, with the upper parts there is a large nature reserve.
Gibraltar has been a British colony since 1704 with an engaging mix of British Mediterranean the buildings, culture, style and especially the commerce are British. Legend has it that Britain will retain sovereignty of the rock as long as the famous wild Barbary apes remain.
The Upper Rock reached by either cable car, minibus (tours) or private car there are breathtaking views down to the town, beaches, the Stait of Gibraltar, Bahia de Algeciras and if the weather is clear you can Morocco in detail.
Points of interest, along with the apes, there are dolphins and whales in the bay. Great Siege Tunnels, The Morrish Castle, Military Heritage Centre, St Michael's Cave. Walk through the Main Street, great for shopping if you are missing a little bit of England, with the normal high street stores mixed in with tax free shops. Have lunch or just grab a coffee at the marina (Ocean Village).
Gibraltar is located at the entrance of the Mediterranean, connected to Spain via La Linea. After passing through immigration and customs, the road crosses the runway of Gibraltar airport.
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR PASSPORT!
Gibraltar, The Mediterranean Steps, ep4
Climbing on the Rock of Gibraltar, UK. Spectacular views of the Mediterranean Sea.
Levante cloud gibraltar
Time lapse
Shopping Walk on the streets of Gibraltar
There were many tourists on the streets, on Saturday, when we visited Gibraltar.
Tourists were looking to buy tax-free products here: tobacco, alcohol, watches, jewelry, crystals, porcelain and perfume.