Murchison
Murchison is a suburb in Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality, Ugu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal. Murchison is situated nearby to the suburb Boboyi, as well as near Grosvenor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boboyi and Marburg.
Boboyi
Suburb
Boboyi, or Bhobhoyi, is a peri-urban settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is located 8 kilometres west of Port Shepstone and is named after the Boboyi River which runs through the area. Boboyi is situated 2½ km east of Murchison.
Marburg
Suburb
Marburg is a settlement in the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, situated approximately 112 kilometres south-west of the city of Durban. Marburg is situated 6 km east of Murchison.
Port Shepstone
Town
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Shepstone is a large town situated on the mouth of the Mzimkhulu River, the largest river on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast of South Africa. It is located halfway between Hibberdene and Margate and is positioned 120 km south of Durban. Port Shepstone is situated 9 km east of Murchison.
Murchison
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality, Ugu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-30.73° or 30° 43′ 48″ southLongitude
30.36° or 30° 21′ 36″ eastElevation
410 metres (1,345 feet)Open location code
4GXG7996+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 262712897OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
972574
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