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Genista Battery
Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Coordinates36°07′02″N 5°20′51″W / 36.1173°N 5.34755°W / 36.1173; -5.34755
TypeArtillery Battery
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence

Genista Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.[1]

  1. ^ Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945. Osprey Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-84603-016-1. Retrieved 4 June 2013.

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