Gibraltar (disambiguation)

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Gibraltar can refer to:

• Gibraltar, a British overseas territory on the South of the Iberian Peninsula where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean
  • The Strait of Gibraltar, at the western end of the Mediterranean Sea
  • The Bay of Gibraltar, the area of sea to the West of Gibraltar
  • The Rock of Gibraltar, a monolith on the European side of the strait, one of the Pillars of Hercules
  • The Gibraltar Tunnel, a proposed tunnel linking Spain to Morocco
  • The Gibraltar Bridge, a conceptual structure spanning the strait of Gibraltar
  • Gibraltar Refinery, the CEPSA plant actually in San Roque, Spain, close to Gibraltar

Other place names in the world:

• Gibraltar, Venezuela
• Gibraltar, Buckinghamshire, England
• Gibraltar Range National Park, New South Wales, Australia
• Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve, in Lincolnshire, England

• In the United States of America:
  • Gibraltar, Michigan
  • Gibraltar, Pennsylvania
  • Gibraltar, Washington
  • Gibraltar, Wisconsin
  • Gibraltar Island in Ohio

• Brimstone Hill Fortress, Saint Kitts and Nevis, also known as the Gibraltar of the West Indies.

Other uses of the name

• Gibraltar Jenkins, American botanist and philanthropist
• HMS Gibraltar, the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy, including
  • HMS Gibraltar (1892)
• Gibraltar candytuft (Iberis gibraltarica), a plant endemic to Gibraltar
• Gibraltar (Linux distribution), a Linux based Firewall
• "Gibraltar of the South", an alias for Fort Fisher, generally used in relation to the Second Battle of Fort Fisher.
• Gibraltar, the original Microsoft codename for their NT webserver IIS
• Gibraltar Ale, manufactured in the Isle of Man and sold in Gibraltar
• Gibraltar mine in South Central British Columbia
• Gibraltar Hardware Drum Hardware Manufacturer
• Camp Gibraltar, a fictional refugee camp in North Africa, appearing in Battlefield 2142
• Gibraltar, a 2006 recording from French rapper Abd Al Malik.