Point Grey
Point Grey is a headland marking the southern entrance to English Bay and Burrard Inlet in British Columbia, Canada. The headland is the site of Wreck Beach, Tower Beach, Point Grey Beach and most notably, since 1925, on its top is the Point Grey Campus of the University of British Columbia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of Anthropology at UBC and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Museum
Photo: Rr parker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada displays world arts and cultures, in particular works by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest.
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Art gallery
The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the campus of the University of British Columbia.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Library
Photo: Skyezx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is a facility at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia. The learning centre is built around the refurbished core of the 1925 UBC Main Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include UBC-Point Grey and West Point Grey.
UBC-Point Grey
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
UBC-Point Grey is a district in the west side of Vancouver occupying a pretty spot at the tip of the Point Grey peninsula. Its main feature is the University of British Columbia, the largest university in British Columbia and one of the larger universities in Canada.
West Point Grey
Neighborhood
West Point Grey is a neighbourhood in the northwest of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is on Point Grey and bordered by 16th Avenue to the south, Alma Street to the east, English Bay to the north, and Blanca Street to the west.
Greektown
Neighborhood
Photo: Tavis Ford, CC BY 2.0.
Greektown in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is an area in the Kitsilano neighbourhood that was historically an enclave of Greek immigrants and their descendants.
Point Grey
- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.27107° or 49° 16′ 16″ northLongitude
-123.26193° or 123° 15′ 43″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
84XR7PCQ+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 39610613OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Point Grey” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Point Grey”
- Chinese: “格雷岬”
- Chinese: “灰角”
- Dutch: “Point Grey”
- French: “point Grey”
- French: “Point Grey”
- Italian: “Point Grey”
- Persian: “پوینت گری”
- Swedish: “Point Grey”
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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 “Point Grey”. Photo: Thom Quine, CC BY 2.0.