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English: "This perspective view shows the Strait of Gibraltar, which is the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, with a 3-times vertical exaggeration to enhance topographic expression. Europe (Spain) is on the left. Africa (Morocco) is on the right. The Rock of Gibraltar, administered by Great Britain, is the peninsula in the back left." (quotation taken from the more detailed NASA description page)
  • View Size: 46 kilometers (28 miles) wide, 106 kilometers (66 miles) distance
  • Location: 36 degrees North latitude, 5.5 degrees West longitude
  • Orientation: Looking East, 15 degrees down from horizontal, 3X vertical exaggeration
  • Image Data: Landsat Bands 1, 2+4, 3 as blue, green, red respectively
  • Original Data Resolution: 30 meters (99 feet)
Deutsch: Straße von Gibraltar; Aufnahme der NASA dreifach überhöht. Erstellt aus Daten von SRTM und Landsat
Français : Vue en perspective du détroit de Gibraltar ouvrant sur la mer Mediterranée avec le Maroc à droite et l'Espagne a gauche. coté espagnol on remarque le rocher de Gibraltar, en face le petit rocher est Ceuta, territoire espagnol en terre africaine.
Español: Peñón de Gibraltar
Date
  • 24 October 2003, this image composite created using:
    • 11 February 2000 (SRTM)
    • 6 July 1987 (Landsat)
Source http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03397
Author NASA / JPL / NIMA
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current00:20, 14 November 2005Thumbnail for version as of 00:20, 14 November 20051,528 × 917 (182 KB)Oxam Hartogen : Perspective view from the Strait of Gibraltar, Marocco is on rigth, Spain on left with the Rock of Gibraltar ahead on left. On the other side the little rock is Ceuta Spain territory on african continent fr: Vue en perspective du detroit de Gibaltar

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