Beacon Point
Beacon Point is a point in Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape. Beacon Point is situated nearby to the suburb Summerstrand, as well as near the neighborhood Humewood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include EPRU Stadium and Humewood Road railway station.
EPRU Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Liam E. Bekker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
EPRU Stadium, also known by its original name of Boet Erasmus Stadium, was a stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The letters "EPRU" in the name represent the Eastern Province Rugby Union, the stadium's historic primary tenants, whose team is now known as the Mighty Elephants. EPRU Stadium is situated 3 km west of Beacon Point.
Humewood Road railway station
Railway station
Humewood Road railway station is a railway station located in Humewood, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. A separate station to the main Port Elizabeth railway station, built in 1899, it is the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Avontuur Railway, which at 285 kilometres is the longest 2 ft gauge railway in the world. Humewood Road railway station is situated 3½ km west of Beacon Point.
Mugg & Bean
Restaurant
Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mugg & Bean is a full-service coffee-themed restaurant franchise, founded in Cape Town, South Africa. The restaurant chain was founded in 1996 by Ben Filmalter after a visit to a Chicago coffee shop in the early 1990s inspired him to open a similar restaurant in South Africa. Mugg & Bean is situated 4 km west of Beacon Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Humewood and Port Elizabeth.
Humewood
Neighborhood
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Humewood is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km west of Beacon Point.
Port Elizabeth
Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gqeberha is South Africa's fifth largest city. It is on the Indian Ocean coast half-way between Cape Town and Durban, in the Eastern Cape, about 260 km from Knysna. It lives up to its reputation as the friendly city and the windy city.
Walmer
Suburb
Walmer is a large neighborhood of Gqeberha, the largest city in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Walmer is situated 8 km west of Beacon Point.
Beacon Point
- Type: Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Nelson Mandela Bay, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.98329° or 33° 58′ 60″ southLongitude
25.6714° or 25° 40′ 17″ eastOpen location code
4GR72M8C+MHGeoNames ID
1020684
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