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Key facts
- Location
- off Malta , Mediterranean Sea
- Archipelago
- Maltese islands
- Area
- 0.007 km (0.0027 sq mi)
- Coastline
- 494 m (1621 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 60 m (200 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Fungus Rock, sometimes known as Mushroom Rock, and among the Maltese as Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral (English: The General's Rock), is a small islet in the form of a 60-metre-high (200 ft) massive lump of limestone at the entrance to an almost circular black lagoon in Dwejra, on the coast of Gozo, itself an island in the Maltese archipelago. It is located at 36°02′45″N 14°11′27″E / 36.04583°N 14.19083°E / 36.04583; 14.19083 and falls within the jurisdiction of the town of San Lawrenz.
The Dwejra nature reserve is administratively part of the town. The Fungus Rock is a prominent landmark of the reserve, as was formerly the Azure Window, before its collapse on March 8, 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fungus Rock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.