Mount Batten
Mount Batten is a 24-metre tall outcrop of rock on a 600-metre peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, named after Sir William Batten, MP and Surveyor of the Navy; it was previously known as How Stert.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Trysca, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Batten Tower and National Marine Aquarium.
National Marine Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Markles55, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Marine Aquarium, which opened in May 1998, is situated in Plymouth in south-west England. It is the largest aquarium in the UK and houses over 5,000 animals.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cattedown and Plymouth Hoe.
Cattedown
Suburb
Photo: Adrian Platt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cattedown is an inner city suburb of Plymouth, Devon. Its position beside the River Plym estuary just short of the mouth led to its early settlement. It is believed that the name Cattedown originated from a rocky outcrop nearby on the River Plym that looked like a cat.
Plymouth Hoe
Locality
Photo: Merlin UK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plymouth Hoe, referred to locally as The Hoe, is a large south-facing open public space in the English coastal city of Plymouth, Devon. The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and commands views of Plymouth Sound, Drake's Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall.
Oreston
Suburb
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oreston, formerly a village on the southern bank of the Cattewater, is now a suburb of Plymouth. It is recorded as Horestone on the 1591 Spry Map of Plimmouth.
Mount Batten
- Type: Locality
- Description: headland in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Category: cape
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.35886° or 50° 21′ 32″ northLongitude
-4.12918° or 4° 7′ 45″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9C2Q9V5C+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 525405207OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Batten” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Batten Point”
- Chinese: “巴頓山”
- Slovak: “Mount Batten”
- Swedish: “Mount Batten Point”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Batten Watersports & Activities and Plymouth Yacht Haven.
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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 “Mount Batten”. Photo: Trysca, Public domain.