West Flanders
Arrondissement of Ostend
Ostend

Mercator

Mercator is a steel-hulled barquentine built in 1932 as a training ship for the Belgian merchant fleet. She was named after Gerardus Mercator, a Belgian cartographer.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk and Mu.ZEE.

Church
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is a Roman Catholic church in , Belgium. The neo-Gothic building was constructed on the ashes of a previous church that occupied the site. is situated 340 metres north of Mercator.

Museum
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The is a museum in , Belgium, specializing in Belgian art from 1830 onwards. It was created in 2008 by the fusion of the former Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst and the Museum voor Schone Kunsten Oostende, both located in Ostend. is situated 370 metres west of Mercator.

Railway station
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is a railway station in , , Belgium. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium. is situated 530 metres northeast of Mercator.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mariakerke and Bredene.

Hamlet
is a seaside resort in the province of . Previously a village of its own just to the west of , it now forms part of that town. has about 17,485 inhabitants as of 2024. is situated 3 km southwest of Mercator.

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of . The municipality only comprises the town of proper. On 1 January 2006, had a total population of 15,118. is situated 3½ km northeast of Mercator.

Hamlet
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is a neighborhood and former parish of the town of . It is adjacent to , another neighborhood, which is located on the coast. is situated 4½ km southwest of Mercator.

Mercator

Latitude
51.22675° or 51° 13′ 36″ north
Longitude
2.91943° or 2° 55′ 10″ east
Inception
1932
Open location code
9F346WG9+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 88695392
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q674806
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Papiamento—“Mercator” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Mercator”
  • Chinese: “墨卡托号”
  • Dutch: “Mercator”
  • Dutch: “Opleidingsschip Mercator”
  • Dutch: “Schoolschip Mercator”
  • French: “Mercator”
  • German: “Mercator”
  • Italian: “Mercator”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mercator”
  • Papiamento: “Mercator”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mercator”. Photo: John Hill, CC BY-SA 4.0.