Putri Duyung means “mermaid” in Indonesian. Putri Duyung Ancol literally means “Mermaid of Ancol Bay” and is an exotic beach resort hotel on the north coast of Jakarta in Ancol Bay. The hotel is part of Ancol Dreamland, an amusement park complex which includes Fantasy World, SeaWorld, the Atlantis Water Adventure and more.  At the entrance is this mermaid fountain.

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This mermaid was installed in 2013 as part of artificial reefs being built to replace natural coral reefs destroyed in the 1980s by the fishing industry.  Is is below the surface in Jemeluk Bay, near Amed Beach on Bali.

Installations like these serve as both diving destinations for tourists and as havens for fish and corals, helping to restore life and diversity.

More photos and information on this mermaid can be seen on this page.

India is definitely the land of large mermaid statues. Here is the 27′ concrete mermaid sculpture at the Mahatma Gandhi Park in Kollam Beach.

This in one of at least two giant mermaids in India.

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In Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, is a large statue of Nüwa, an ancient Chinese goddess, best known for creating mankind and (as shown here) repairing the wall of heaven.

The sculpture has been moved a few times, but is now in a beautiful and hopefully final setting.

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The sculpture known as the Meeting of the Waters is really 19 sculptures representing the meeting of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers just outside St. Louis. It is 200 ft long and was initially named “The Wedding of the Rivers”.

It was commissioned from renowned Swedish sculptor Carl Milles by the city of St. Louis. Lighting and landscaping were added in 1954. It contains a number of mermaids, nymphs and other water creatures.

More photos and history on the page dedicated to this art work.

The Fountain of Life and its sculptures date back to 1905 when they were created by Charles E. Tefft in bronze and marble, as the main sculpture in front of the Library Building. 

The fountain contains a mermaid and triton as well as a number of other sea creatures.

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I took a drive down to Miami to see Villa Vizcaya and the mermaid sculptures there.

It is a pretty amazing place. Created in 1916 by agricultural industrialist James Deering, it was designed and built to look like a 400-year old Italian villa. The villa – a mansion really – is gorgeous, and the gardens are immaculate and beautiful.

The property is built right next to the water, and while it is somewhat protected against the direct impact of weather and waves from the Atlantic, it is still directly on the coast and fairly exposed. To protect the property and the gardens, a breakwater was created about 50′ out from the water’s edge, in the shape of a stone barge, with sculptures carved into the bow and stern and on the deck above. This includes 4 mermaids, 3 of which also have wings, which possibly makes them “mermaid angels”.

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Near the old dock at Coco Cay in the Bahamas, visitors are greeted with a gorgeous mermaid statue of Caylana of Coco Cay, reclining on a rock in a fountain, holding aloft an exotic bird.

We have created a page for this mermaid sculpture here, with a lot more information and photos.

According to Greek legend the half-sister of Alexander the Great, Thessalonike, turned into a mermaid when she tried ending her life by jumping into the sea.   A white marble mermaid statue on the Greek island of Thasos commemorates this legend. 

The legend involves Alexander finding the Fountain of Youth and making his sister immortal with its water. When Alexander later dies at the young age of 32, Thessalonike tries ending her own life by drowning. However, since she is immortal, she can’t die and is instead transformed into a mermaid. She has since inhabited the Aegean Sea, and when meeting a ship will ask whether Alexander still lives. If she is not assured by the crew that Alexander still lives and rules, she causes a storm to sink the ship and crew.

More photos and information on this sculpture can be seen here.