Buena Vista Battery was an artillery battery near the Buena Vista Barracks at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on a slight ridge in front of the nearby Buena Vista Barracks, which was once the base of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.[1]
^Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068–1945. Osprey Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-84603-016-1. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
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