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Pillars of Hercules is the nickname of
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Venice
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Strait of Gibraltar
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Natal
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None of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Rock of Gibraltar is considered one of the two Pillars of Heracles (Hercules); the other has been identified as one of two peaks in northern Africa: Mount Hacho, near the city of Ceuta (the Spanish exclave on the Moroccan coast), or Jebel Moussa (Musa), in Morocco.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Pillars of Heracles” was the ancient name of the strait, fourteen kilometers wide, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean (the Fretum Gaditanum, modern Strait of Gibraltar).
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