Pepel

For the village in Albania, see Pepel, Albania.
Pepel
Pepel

Location in Sierra Leone

Coordinates: 8°35′N 13°04′W / 8.583°N 13.067°W / 8.583; -13.067
Country Sierra Leone
province Eastern Province
District Port Loko District
Elevation 3 ft (1 m)
Time zone GMT (UTC-5)

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

  1. ↑ http://www.african-minerals.com/operations/maps
  2. ↑ Map - scroll down to view balloon loop.

Coordinates: 08°34′54″N 13°03′46″W / 8.58167°N 13.06278°W / 8.58167; -13.06278


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