Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum
The Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum is located in Salinas, a town within the Castrillón municipality of Asturias, Spain. It is reached by the N-632. The open-air museum is situated on La Peñona peninsula at one end of the beach near the Arnao tunnel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lourdes Cardenal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Museum
- Description: Maritime museum in Salinas, Asturias, Spain
- Also known as: “Museo de las Anclas Philippe Cousteau”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Headframe of the mine of Arnao and Iglesia de San Martín de Laspra.
Headframe of the mine of Arnao
Photo: LMLM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Headframe of the mine of Arnao is situated 1¼ km west of Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum.
Iglesia de San Martín de Laspra
Church
Photo: SITOMON, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iglesia de San Martín de Laspra is a church, which is situated 1¼ km south of Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum.
Castillo de Gauzón (archaeological remains)
Archaeological site
Photo: Denis Soria, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gauzón Castle is located in Raíces Nuevo, in the municipality of Castrillón, Principality of Asturias.Work is currently underway to partially reconstruct the castle, as it had fallen into partial ruin. Castillo de Gauzón (archaeological remains) is situated 2 km east of Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salinas and San Martin de Laspra.
Salinas
Suburb
Photo: Carmenmoran, CC BY 4.0.
Salinas is one of eight parishes in Castrillón, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The population is 4,635.
San Martin de Laspra
Photo: SITOMON, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Martin de Laspra is a village in Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Northern Way of the Camino de Santiago.
Piedrasblancas
Piedrasblancas is the capital town of the municipality of Castrillón, in the province of Asturias, Spain. It is 5 km west of Avilés, 32 km west of Gijón, 40 km northwest of Oviedo and 6 km east of Asturias Airport.Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum
- Categories: maritime museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Castrillón Municipality, Asturias, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.58031° or 43° 34′ 49″ northLongitude
-5.96752° or 5° 58′ 3″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8CMPH2JJ+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 1973058910OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
7284763Wikidata ID
Q5195282
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Museu d’Ancles Philippe Cousteau”
- Asturian: “Muséu d’Ancles Philippe Cousteau”
- Catalan: “Museu d’Àncores Philippe Costeau”
- Spanish: “Museo de anclas Philippe Cousteau”
- Spanish: “Museo de Anclas Philippe Cousteau”
- Spanish: “Museo de Las Anclas”
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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 “Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum”. Photo: Lourdes Cardenal, CC BY-SA 3.0.