What is Pillars of Hercules?
{{about||the Paul Theroux book|The Pillars of Hercules (book)|the London pub|Pillars of Hercules, Soho}} [[File:De_Zuilen_van_Hercules_Gibraltar_en_Ceuta.jpg|thumb|The European Pillar of Hercules: the [[Rock of Gibraltar]] (foreground), with the North African shore and [[Jebel Musa (Morocco)|Jebel Musa]] in the background.]] [[File:Tarifa,_Estrecho_de_Gibraltar._Strait_of_Gibraltar.jpg|right|thumb|Jebel Musa, one of the candidates for the North African Pillar of Hercules, as seen from [[Tarifa]], at the other shore of the [[Strait of Gibraltar]].]] [[File:Straße_von_gibraltar.JPG|right|thumb|Jebel Musa and the Rock of Gibraltar seen from the [[Mediterranean Sea]]]] The '''Pillars of Hercules''' are the mountains on both sides of the [[Strait of Gibraltar]]. People in [[Antiquity|ancient times]] named them. Modern historians know that the northern Pillar, Calpe Mons, is the [[Rock of Gibraltar]]. But modern historians do not know which rock on the south side is the other Pillar, Abila Mons. Historians have argued about this for hundreds of years.<ref>Strabo summarizes the dispute in ''Geographia'' 3.5.5.</ref> The two rocks that are most likely to be Abial Mons are Monte Hacho in [[Ceuta]] and Jebel Musa in [[Morocco]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Mountains of Africa]] [[Category:Mountains of Spain]] {{geo-stub}}