Pepel
Pepel | |
|---|---|
  Pepel Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°35′N 13°04′W / 8.583°N 13.067°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| province | Northern Province |
| District | Port Loko District |
| Elevation | 3 ft (1 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (GMT) |
Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
Port
Pepel has a port in the Sierra Leone River used for shipping bulk iron ore via the mining company African Minerals.[1]
Railway
Pepel is connected by a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge 84 km long railway to an iron ore mine at Marampa.
It is proposed to introduce a more efficient balloon loop at the port.[2]
An extension of this line to a deeper port at Tagrin Point is also proposed.
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Map - scroll down to view balloon loop. Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
08°34′54″N 13°03′46″W / 8.58167°N 13.06278°W
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