Graving Dock
Graving Dock is a dock in Buffalo City, Eastern Cape. Graving Dock is situated nearby to the railway station Port Rex, as well as near Queens Park Zoological Gardens.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East London City Hall and East London railway station.
East London City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East London City Hall is a town hall, which is situated 1 km northeast of Graving Dock.
East London railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
East London railway station is the central railway station in the city of East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the terminus for Shosholoza Meyl inter-city trains to Johannesburg and Cape Town, and of a Metrorail commuter service to Mdantsane and Berlin. East London railway station is situated 1¼ km northeast of Graving Dock.
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 2 km northeast of Graving Dock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East London and Quigney.
East London
Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East London, officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province.
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.
Graving Dock
- Type: Dock
- Also known as: “Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Buffalo City, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.02154° or 33° 1′ 18″ southLongitude
27.89687° or 27° 53′ 49″ eastOpen location code
4GR9XVHW+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 62343881OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dock
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