Gun Powder Magazine Room

Gun Powder Magazine Room is a bunker in Daerah Timur Laut, Penang. Gun Powder Magazine Room is situated nearby to Sri Rambai Cannon, as well as near the military installation Royal Malaysian Navy.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Cornwallis Lighthouse and Esplanade Grounds.

Fort Cornwallis Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY 3.0.

The Fort Cornwallis Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Fort Cornwallis, George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is currently under the management of the Maritime Authority of Malaysia. Fort Cornwallis Lighthouse is situated 120 metres east of Gun Powder Magazine Room.

Esplanade Grounds

Park

Photo: Vnonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Esplanade is a seafront city square in the heart of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. It covers the field adjacent to Fort Cornwallis, known locally as the Padang, and the seaside promenade along the edge of the field. Esplanade Grounds is situated 160 metres west of Gun Powder Magazine Room.

Penang State Assembly Building

Government office

Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY 2.5.

The Penang State Assembly Building is the home of the Penang State Legislative Assembly. It is located at Light Street in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia, within the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Penang State Assembly Building is situated 210 metres south of Gun Powder Magazine Room.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include George Town and Sungai Pinang.

George Town

Photo: Gp song, CC BY-SA 3.0.

George Town is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is Malaysia's sixth largest city, with a population of about 708,000, with 1.7 million in the metro area, as of 2020.

Sungai Pinang

Quarter

Photo: arches, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sungai Pinang is a residential neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The neighbourhood lies along the southern bank of the Pinang River and is bounded by Jalan Sungai Pinang to the south. Sungai Pinang is situated 3 km southwest of Gun Powder Magazine Room.

Dato Keramat

Quarter

Dato' Kramat was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974. The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Dato Keramat is situated 3 km west of Gun Powder Magazine Room.

Gun Powder Magazine Room

Type: Bunker
Categories: building and military installation
Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

5.42113° or 5° 25′ 16″ north

Longitude

100.34355° or 100° 20′ 37″ east

Open location code

6PQ2C8CV+FC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1089972858

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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