Merlion

Merlion is a work of art in . Merlion is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the neighborhood .
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Also known as: “Merlion Fountain”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marina Bay and Merlion Park.

Photo: Erwin Soo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is 's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of . It includes the areas east of Shenton Way and Esplanade Dr.

Park
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at , , near the Central Business District. The Merlion is a mythical creature with a lion's head and a fish's tail that is widely used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore.

Museum
Photo: Terence, CC BY 2.5.
The is an institution which forms a part of the four museums in Singapore, the other three being the , the and the Singapore Art Museum. is situated 350 metres west of Merlion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Core and Clifford Pier.

Suburb
The is the historic urban centre of and the country's primary commercial district. It contains the main central business district, with a high concentration of skyscrapers in , and .

Neighborhood
was a former located beside Collyer Quay at within the of the Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006.

Neighborhood
Photo: Merlion444, Public domain.
is the centre of the Financial District of and is located south of the mouth of the . It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan.

Merlion

Latitude
1.28678° or 1° 17′ 12″ north
Longitude
103.8545° or 103° 51′ 16″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
6PH57VP3+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 182819157
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Geo­Names ID
6951478
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Satellite Map

Discover Merlion from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Merlion” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميرليون”
  • Armenian: “Մերլիոն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Merlion”
  • Balinese: “Merlion”
  • Burmese: “မာလိုင်းယွန်း”
  • Chinese: “鱼尾狮”
  • Czech: “Merlion”
  • Dutch: “Merlion”
  • French: “Merlion”
  • German: “Merlion”
  • Hebrew: “מרליון”
  • Hindi: “merlion”
  • Hungarian: “Merlion”
  • Indonesian: “Merlion”
  • Italian: “Merlion”
  • Japanese: “マーライオン”
  • Javanese: “Merlion”
  • Korean: “머라이언”
  • Malay: “Merlion”
  • Malayalam: “മെർലയൺ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Merlion”
  • Persian: “مرلاین”
  • Portuguese: “Merlion”
  • Russian: “Мерлайон”
  • Spanish: “Merlión”
  • Swedish: “Merlion”
  • Tagalog: “Merlion”
  • Tamil: “மெர்லயன்”
  • Thai: “เมอร์ไลออน”
  • Vietnamese: “Merlion”
  • Yue Chinese: “魚尾獅”

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