Saint John’s Hill

Saint John’s Hill is a hill in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca and has an elevation of 50 metres. Saint John’s Hill is situated nearby to the locality Kampung Hilir, as well as near Kampung Portugis.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. John’s Fort and Malaysia Prison Museum.

St. John’s Fort

Castle

Photo: Gisling, CC BY 3.0.

The St. John's Fort is a historical fort in Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia.

Malaysia Prison Museum is a prison museum that displays items and information about prison life in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It was officially opened by Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca Mohd Khalil Yaakob on 20 November 2014.

A Famosa Fortress

Castle

Photo: Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0.

A Famosa was a Portuguese fortress built in Malacca, Malaysia, around 1512. The oldest part of the fortress was a five-storey keep which eventually gave its name to the fortress as a whole.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portuguese Settlement and Malacca.

Portuguese Settlement

Neighborhood

The Portuguese Settlement is a neighbourhood in Ujong Pasir, Malacca City, which serves as a home for the Kristang or Portuguese-Eurasian people of Malacca.

Malacca

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Malacca City is a city and the capital of the state of Malacca, Malaysia. Malacca is a vibrant old city with a unique historical and cultural background. The city centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with George Town, Penang.

Morten Village

Hamlet

Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kampung Morten is a historically traditional Malay village in Malacca City Centre in the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is named after a British land revenue collector during the British Malaya, Frederick Joseph Morten.

Saint John’s Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 50 metres
Category: landform
Location: Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

2.18972° or 2° 11′ 23″ north

Longitude

102.26417° or 102° 15′ 51″ east

Elevation

50 metres (164 feet)

Open location code

6PJ457Q7+VM

GeoNames ID

1903693

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