Statue of Christ & Imperial Eagle

Off Qawra Point on Malta's northeast coast, a 3 m statue of Christ — concrete over fiberglass, arms outstretched, sculpted by Alfred Camilleri Cauchi and blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1990 — stands on white sand at 35 m inside a natural rock amphitheatre. Relocated here from St Paul's Islands in 2000, it sits about 30 m along an underwater valley from the MV Imperial Eagle, a 45 m former Malta–Gozo ferry scuttled in 1999 that rests upright with its deck at 32 m and keel near 42 m. A reef arch and a large 17th-century anchor mark the route. Dusky grouper, amberjack, barracuda, two banded bream and moray eels work the wreck and walls in clear, deep water that suits experienced divers on a boat dive.