- The Strait of Gibraltar is the sea between Gibraltar and Morocco.
- The distance at the narrowest point is 8.1 miles (13km) and the winds blow predominately from the east (the Levante) or the west (the Poniente).
Rock of Gibraltar
- Gibraltar is a 1,396 ft (426m) mountain on the southwestern tip of Spain.
Pillars of Hercules
- Gibraltar and the Atlas Mountains opposite were known in the Ancient World as the Pillars of Hercules. The Strait of Gibraltar was known to the Romans as Fretum Herculeum.
Carteia
- The ruins of the Roman town of Carteia are located between the town of San Roque and Gibraltar.
- Strabo wrote that it was founded by the Phoenicians in 940 BCE.
- In 190 BCE Carteia finally fell to the Romans and it became a Roman naval base from 67 BCE onwards.
- The site holds the Ruins of Roman Temples, Kilns and a Forum
Strait of Gibraltar