Bay of Gibraltar

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 21 May 2017 at 06:27:17 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 26 October 2017 at 11:01:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, urban, port, infrastructure, bay, Spain, United Kingdom
Fig. 1 - S1 (21.05.2017) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - La Ceuta, Spanish enclave in Morroco faces Gibraltar, British enclave in Spain.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (26.10.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Part of the Gibraltar Arc, the "Rock" was formed by the Eurasian & African plates convergence.
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The Rock of Gibraltar & its Moroccan counterpart were considered by Greeks as the two pillars of Hercules marking the end of the known world.
Fig. 3 - 7km² wide, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain in 1713. Until the Brexit, it belongs to the EU but not to Schengen Area.
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Fig. 4 - 11,8,2 colour composite - Algeciras is mainly a transport hub & industrial city while Gibraltar thrives as a tourist & finance centre.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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