March of the Penguins
March of the Penguins is a work of art in Dundee City, Scotland. March of the Penguins is situated nearby to the shopping center Overgate Centre, as well as near Dundee Post Office.- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Also known as: “Dundee Penguins”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Overgate Centre and RRS Discovery.
Overgate Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Overgate Centre is a shopping centre in Dundee, Scotland. Built in the 1960s to replace buildings erected in the 18th and 19th centuries, most of the original structure was demolished and redeveloped from 1998 to 2000.
RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland for Antarctic research. Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the United Kingdom. RRS Discovery is situated 1,200 feet southeast of March of the Penguins.Dundee railway station
Railway station
Photo: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 59+1⁄4 miles northeast of Edinburgh. Dundee railway station is situated 970 feet southeast of March of the Penguins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundee and Dundee city centre.
Dundee
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.
Dundee city centre
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City Centre represented the full extent of the City of Dundee, Scotland. Now roughly encircled by the A991 dual carriageway, the city centre is now the main shopping and commercial district.
Blackness
Suburb
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackness is an area of the city of Dundee. Broadly, Blackness is located to the north of the city's West End and is centred on the Blackness Road, where a number of small, local shops are located.
March of the Penguins
- Category: tourism
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.45959° or 56° 27′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.97167° or 2° 58′ 18″ westInception
2005Open location code
9C8VF25H+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 4320542162OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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