Headington Shark
Untitled 1986, commonly known as the Headington Shark, is a rooftop sculpture located at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a large shark embedded head-first in the roof of a house.
- Work of art
- …is a sculpture
- Description: sculpture in Oxford, England, UK
- Email: ben@prohoco.com
- Also known as“Shark House”“The Headington Shark”“Untitled, 1986”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Britannia Public House and All Saints‘ Church.
All Saints‘ Church
All Saints‘ Church is situated 970 feet south of Headington Shark.
John Radcliffe Hospital
John Radcliffe Hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, England. John Radcliffe Hospital is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Headington Shark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Headington Hill and Northway.
Headington Hill
Headington Hill is a hill in the east of Oxford, England, in the suburb of Headington.
Headington Shark
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Latitude
51.75894° or 51° 45′ 32″ north
Longitude
-1.21329° or 1° 12′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C3WQQ5P+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artwork
OpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Slovak—“Headington Shark” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հեդինգթոնյան շնաձուկ”
- Chinese: “黑丁頓鯊魚”
- Czech: “Headington Shark”
- Czech: “Headingtonský žralok”
- Czech: “Shark House”
- Dutch: “De Haai van Headington”
- Dutch: “Haai van Headington”
- Dutch: “Headington Shark”
- French: “Le requin de Headington”
- French: “Requin de Headington”
- French: “Untitled 1986”
- Galician: “Quenlla de Headington”
- German: “Headington Shark”
- Italian: “Headington Shark”
- Italian: “Squalo di Headington”
- Japanese: “ザ・ヘディントン・シャーク”
- Latin: “Volpes marina Hedintonis”
- Polish: “Rekin z Headington”
- Russian: “Хедингтонская акула”
- Slovak: “Headington Shark”
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