April 2, 2020

Shipping Lines – Compania Iscomar S.A

Iscomar (Compania Iscomar S.A.) was a company which operated a single ferry service between Alcudia on the Balearic island of Mallorca and Ciutadella on the Balearic island of Menorca. It used to operate ferry services from the Balearic’s to the Spanish mainland. After 2009, Iscomar stopped operating all of its routes except her Alcudia – Ciutadella …

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Maltese Islands – Sound Mirror (il-Widna) at Maghtab

Believed to be the only sound mirror outside England it is known locally as “il widna”, Maltese for “the ear”. The construction of early warning sound mirrors was proposed in the early 1930s to help protect the key imperial locations of Gibraltar, Malta and Singapore. Four sites were identified in Gibraltar, but there were concerns …

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