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Middle Ground Coastal Battery

The Middle Ground Coastal Battery is a heritage site of an antique coastal artillery battery managed by the Indian Navy on an islet off the coast of , .
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: heritage gun battery in India
  • Also known as: “Middle Ground”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gateway of India, Colaba, Mumbai and The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.

Monument
Photo: Iamamit07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gateway of India is an arch-monument completed in 1924 on the waterfront of , , India. It was erected to commemorate the landing of king George V of the for his coronation as the Emperor of India in December 1911 at Strand Road near .

Hotel
Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Taj Mahal Palace is a heritage, five-star, luxury hotel in the area of , , , situated next to the . Built in the Indo-Saracenic style, it opened in 1903 as the Taj Mahal Hotel and has historically often been known simply as "The Taj".

Museum
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, formerly named the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is a museum in which documents the history of India from prehistoric to modern times.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kala Ghoda and Fort Mumbai.

Neighborhood
Photo: Pradeep717, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a crescent-shaped art district/neighborhood in , India. It hosts several of the city's heritage buildings including museums, art galleries and educational institutions like the , the , the , and The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art.

Suburb
Photo: Nichalp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort is a business and art district in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The area gets its name after the erstwhile defensive fort, Bombay Fort and its annexe Fort George, built by the British East India Company around Bombay Castle.

Neighborhood
Photo: Extempore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The business district is situated in the financial district of . Located between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Fort in , it hosts the offices of shipping companies and the headquarters of the Mumbai Port Trust at the Port House.

Middle Ground Coastal Battery

Latitude
18.91872° or 18° 55′ 7″ north
Longitude
72.8478° or 72° 50′ 52″ east
Open location code
7JCJWR9X+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22825785
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1263064
Wiki­data ID
Q6841440
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Middle Ground Coastal Battery” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “地中岛”
  • Dutch: “Middle Ground Island”
  • Russian: “Средняя береговая батарея”
  • Swedish: “Middle Ground Island”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mumbai Naval Base and Dockyard and Dolphin Rock.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Middle Ground Coastal Battery”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.