Whalebone Arch and Royal Hotel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Whalebone Arch and Royal Hotel by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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Whalebone Arch and Royal Hotel
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 14 Dec 2018
The original arch Image] on West Cliff was made from the 20ft jaw bones of a Fin whale presented to the town by Norway in 1963. These were replaced by 15ft bones from a Bowhead whale presented to the town by the citizens of Anchorage and North Slope Borough, Alaska in 2002. The Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1148266 Royal Hotel was built for George Hudson. It is now part of the Bay group of hotels.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.490105
Longitude
-0.616607