Mount Edgecomb

Mount Edgecomb is a railway station in Ethekwini, KwaZulu-Natal. Mount Edgecomb is situated nearby to the town Phoenix, as well as near the suburb La Lucia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phoenix and Umhlanga.

Phoenix

Town

Phoenix is a South African town about 25 kilometres northwest of Durban Central, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was established as a town by the apartheid government in 1979, but it has a long history of Indian occupation. Phoenix is situated 2½ km west of Mount Edgecomb.

Umhlanga

Photo: Ricci Mariagrazia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Umhlanga, meaning "place of reeds", is a town of 24,000 people on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Although it takes on the character of a Durban exurb, its significant growth due in part to its proximity to King Shaka International Airport and tourism potential has resulted in it becoming a new economic hub for Durban.

La Lucia

Suburb

La Lucia is a wealthy suburb located in uMhlanga in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and is situated approximately 14 kilometres north of the Durban CBD. La Lucia is situated 6 km southeast of Mount Edgecomb.

Mount Edgecomb

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “Mount Edgecombe” and “Mount Edgecombe Station”
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-29.70425° or 29° 42′ 15″ south

Longitude

31.03261° or 31° 1′ 57″ east

Elevation

73 metres (240 feet)

Network

Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal

Open location code

5G2H72WM+82

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1430377451

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

973536

Wikidata ID

Q124416174

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Mount Edgecomb” goes by many names.

Afrikaans: “Mount Edgecomb”
French: “gare de Mount Edgecomb”
French: “Mount Edgecomb”
Turkish: “Mount Edgecomb”

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