Merlion
The Merlion is the official mascot of Singapore. It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans in general, it is widely used to represent both the city state and its people in sports teams, advertising, branding, tourism and as a national personification.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: fountain statue in Singapore
- Also known as: “Merlion Fountain”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marina Bay and Merlion Park.
Marina Bay
Photo: Erwin Soo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marina Bay is Singapore's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of Riverside. It includes the areas east of Shenton Way and Esplanade Dr.
Merlion Park
Park
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merlion Park is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at One Fullerton, Singapore, 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.
Asian Civilisations Museum
Museum
The Asian Civilisations Museum is an institution which forms a part of the four museums in Singapore, the other three being the Peranakan Museum, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum. Asian Civilisations Museum is situated 350 metres west of Merlion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Core and Clifford Pier.
Downtown Core
Suburb
The Downtown Core is the historic urban centre of Singapore and the country's primary commercial district. It contains the main central business district, with a high concentration of skyscrapers in Raffles Place, Tanjong Pagar and Marina Bay.
Clifford Pier
Neighborhood
Clifford Pier was a former pier located beside Collyer Quay at Marina Bay within the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006.
Raffles Place
Neighborhood
Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. 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
- Categories: sculpture, tourism, and fountain
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.28678° or 1° 17′ 12″ northLongitude
103.8545° or 103° 51′ 16″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
6PH57VP3+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 182819157OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6951478Wikidata ID
Q208760
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Satellite Map
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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: “魚尾獅”
- Chinese: “鱼尾狮”
- Czech: “Merlion”
- Dutch: “Merlion”
- Finnish: “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”
- Korean: “멀라이언”
- 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”
- “Merlion”
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