Speke Monument
The Speke Monument is a Grade II listed monument in the form of a granite obelisk in Kensington Gardens. It commemorates John Hanning Speke who is often credited with discovering Lake Victoria and the Source of the Nile.
- Memorial
- Description: memorial to John Hanning Speke in Kensington Gardens, London
- Also known as“Railings surrounding Speke’s Monument”“Speke Memorial”“Speke’s Monument”
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Speke Monument
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Latitude
51.50901° or 51° 30′ 32″ north
Longitude
-0.17917° or 0° 10′ 45″ west
Open location code
9C3XGR5C+J8
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic = memorial
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