Dwejra
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| Maltese | Id-Dwejra |
|---|---|
| Island | Gozo |
| Type | Bay, sea stack, sea arches, inland lagoon |
| In Minecraft | |
| Block X / Z | -17100 / -13400 |
| Teleport | /tp @s -17100 130 -13400
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| In save | Gozo full (seabed survey) |
| Real world | |
| Lat / lon | 36.0506° N, 14.1902° E |
| Built from | 2012 land and seabed survey, 15 cm 2018 survey (Fungus Rock), OpenStreetMap, photos and dive guides for the arches |
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Dwejra is a bay on the west coast of Gozo, with some of the islands' best-known natural sights: Fungus Rock, the Azure Window, the Inland Sea and the Blue Hole. In the world it is built 1:1 from survey data: every block is one metre.
What to see
| Place | Block X / Z | Teleport | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fungus Rock (Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral) | -17230 / -13010 | /tp @s -17230 125 -13010 |
A 50 m sea stack at the mouth of the bay, with a sea arch through its northern part |
| Azure Window (It-Tieqa tad-Dwejra) | -17260 / -13728 | /tp @s -17300 90 -13760 |
The famous arch, restored as it stood before it fell in 2017 |
| Blue Hole (Iż-Żerqa) | -17249 / -13662 | /tp @s -17249 70 -13662 |
A round shaft in the rock shelf, with an underwater arch to the open sea |
| Inland Sea (Il-Qawra) | -17010 / -13740 | /tp @s -17010 80 -13740 |
A lagoon joined to the open sea by a ~115 m tunnel you can row through |
| Dwejra Tower | -16939 / -13274 | /tp @s -16939 120 -13274 |
17th-century coastal watchtower above the bay |
Sea level is at y 63. The teleports put you just above the sight; add /gamemode spectator to fly through rock.
Fungus Rock
- Height: the top is 50 m above the sea (y 113). Popular sources say 60 m; the 15 cm survey from 2018 measures 50 m, so the world uses that.
- Shape: sheer west wall, a ledge at 31–39 m and a step to the flat top, then a steep east face, all from the survey.
- Sea arch: a tunnel through the northern neck, about 68 m long, 10 m wide, with 8 m of air (no published height, so 8 m was chosen).
- Biome: mushroom fields: no hostile mobs, mooshrooms. The top has grass, coarse dirt, podzol with mushrooms, and crimson fungus standing in for the real "Maltese fungus" the rock is named after.
Azure Window
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The real arch collapsed on 8 March 2017. The world shows it restored, as it was before. The 2012 survey still holds the arch as solid rock, so the opening (about 21 m wide, 13–17 m above the water under a ~9 m slab) is cut into it, shaped from photos. The water under the arch is the real surveyed depth.
Inland Sea and Blue Hole
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- Inland Sea: a shallow lagoon, 1–6 m deep, with a turquoise sandy floor. The tunnel to the open sea follows the real cave entrances on OpenStreetMap: a pointed arch, narrow in the middle, wide at the sea mouth.
- Blue Hole: a shaft about 15 m deep, with a submerged arch out to the open sea, and its own biome.
Under water
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The seabed around Dwejra is the real 2012 seabed survey. Divers will recognise the walls at Crocodile Rock and the drop on the seaward side of Fungus Rock (over 60 m).
How it was made
- Land and seabed heights: 2012 survey, 1 m.
- Fungus Rock: 15 cm survey from 2018, kept sharp (not smoothed).
- Arches and tunnel: no survey can see inside them, so they are modelled from photos, OpenStreetMap and dive guides, and cut into the terrain.
- The full story, with pictures, is in the project journal, entries 062–075 and 092–103.