EUROPA POINT GIBALTAR, TANKERS AND MOUNT ABLYA MOROCCO ACROSS THE STRAIT. . EUROPES MOST SOUTHERLY POINT ON THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR . THE BORDER BETWEEN GIBRALTAR AND SPAIN WAS CLOSED IN 1969 AND OPENED AGAIN 16 YEARS LATER. THE BORDER AND POLITICAL DABATE BETWEEN BRITISH GIBRALTAR AND THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT STILL PERSISTS.