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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Selborne College and Frere Hospital.
Selborne College
School
Photo: Kbluebulls, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Selborne College is a public English medium male-only school situated in the suburb of Selborne and Belgravia of East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa; it is one of the few colleges in the Eastern Cape province. Selborne College is situated 220 metres northeast of East London Museum.
Frere Hospital
Hospital
Frere Hospital is a large government funded teaching hospital situated in East London, Eastern Cape in South Africa. It was established in 1881 and is a tertiary teaching hospital. Frere Hospital is situated 560 metres west of East London Museum.
Buffalo City Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buffalo City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in East London, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for Rugby Union matches and is the home stadium of Border Bulldogs. Buffalo City Stadium is situated 1½ km southeast of East London Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East London and Quigney.
East London
Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East London is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the Nahoon River, and hosts the country's only river port.
Quigney
Suburb
Quigney is a suburb of East London in South Africa. 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 Quigney River" after 1883. Quigney is situated 3 km southeast of East London Museum.
Mzamomhle
Suburb
Mzamomhle is a settlement in Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Mzamomhle is situated 9 km northeast of East London Museum.
East London Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in South Africa
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Buffalo City, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-32.99534° or 32° 59′ 43″ southLongitude
27.89762° or 27° 53′ 51″ eastOpen location code
4GV92V3X+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 2309673352OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata 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”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Guild Theatre and Buffalo City TVET College East London Campus.
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