East London Museum

East London Museum is a museum in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, notable for holding the type specimen of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be long extinct.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Selborne College and Frere Hospital.

School
is a public English medium male-only school situated in the suburb of Selborne and Belgravia of East London in the province of ; it is one of the few colleges in the Eastern Cape province. is situated 220 metres northeast of East London Museum.

Hospital
is a large government funded teaching hospital situated in East London, Eastern Cape in . It was established in 1881 and is a tertiary teaching hospital. is situated 560 metres west of East London Museum.

Stadium
is a multi-use in East London, . It is currently used mostly for Rugby Union matches and is the home stadium of Border Bulldogs. is situated 1½ km southeast of East London Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East London and Quigney.

is a city on the southeastern coast of , in the , Province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the and the , and hosts the country's only river port.

Suburb
is a suburb of East London in . It got its name from the "Gwygney River" according to the earliest maps of East London from September 1847 by William Jervois. The municipality started to sell plots "east of the River" after 1883. is situated 3 km southeast of East London Museum.

Suburb
is a settlement in in the province of . is situated 9 km northeast of East London Museum.

East London Museum

Latitude
-32.99534° or 32° 59′ 43″ south
Longitude
27.89762° or 27° 53′ 51″ east
Open location code
4GV92V3X+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2309673352
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1277935
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Russian—“East London Museum” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: East London Museum
  • Dutch: East-London Museum
  • German: East London Museum
  • Portuguese: East London Museum
  • Russian: Музей Ист-Лондона

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Highlights include Guild Theatre and Buffalo City TVET College East London Campus.

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