Prowse Point Military Cemetery
Prowse Point Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front in Belgium.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mud Corner Cemetery and Toronto Avenue Cemetery.
Mud Corner Cemetery
Cemetery
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Mud Corner Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres, on the Western Front. Mud Corner Cemetery is situated 200 metres south of Prowse Point Military Cemetery.
Toronto Avenue Cemetery
Cemetery
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Toronto Avenue Cemetery is situated 370 metres south of Prowse Point Military Cemetery.
Ploegsteert Wood
Forest
Ploegsteert Wood was a sector of the Western Front in Flanders in World War I, part of the Ypres Salient. It is located around the Belgian village of Ploegsteert, Wallonia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ploegsteert and Wulverghem.
Ploegsteert
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Ploegsteert is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the most westerly settlement of Wallonia.
Wulverghem
Village
Photo: Friedrich Tellberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wulverghem is a Belgian village. It is the smallest village in the Heuvelland Municipality, with 260 people, and a total area of 350 hectares. Wulverghem is situated 3½ km northwest of Prowse Point Military Cemetery.
Warneton
Village
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Warneton is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a municipality of its own until the 1977 merger of Belgian municipalities. Warneton is situated 4 km east of Prowse Point Military Cemetery.
Prowse Point Military Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery located in Belgium
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.74393° or 50° 44′ 38″ northLongitude
2.89874° or 2° 53′ 56″ eastOperator
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOpen location code
9F24PVVX+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 90723213OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q7252830
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Prowse Point Military Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Prowse Point Military Cemetery”
- French: “Cimetière militaire de Prowse Point”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery and Rifle House Cemetery.
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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 “Prowse Point Military Cemetery”. Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.