Gibraltar (disambiguation)

Gibraltar (disambiguation)

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.
** Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe (Anglican)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of 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

* HMS "Gibraltar", the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy, including
** HMS "Gibraltar" (1892)
* Gibraltar, a 2006 recording from French rapper Abd Al Malik.
* Gibraltar candytuft (Iberis gibraltarica), a plant endemic to Gibraltar
* Gibraltar (operating system), 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 Hardware Drum Hardware Manufacturer
* Gibraltar Hole, the 10th hole of the Golf Course in Moortown, Leeds UK built in 1908
* Gibraltar mine in South Central British Columbia
* Camp Gibraltar, a fictional refugee camp in North Africa, appearing in Battlefield 2142
* Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, a windmill now converted to residential use.


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