The Gibraltar stone rises 426 metres above sea level and continues to be an object of peculiar importance not only to the UK and Spain. The erstwhile empires have been arguing over a strategical area for centuries, which, alongside the Suez and Panama Canals, the Bab al-Mandab, Bering, Bosfor, Dardanele, Ormuz, Malakki and Taiwanese straits are among the most crucial for shipping safety, global trade and global economy.
