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Struve Geodetic Arc

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The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km. The chain was established and used by the German-born Russian scientist Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve in the years 1816 to 1855 to establish the exact size and shape of the earth. At that time, the chain passed merely through two countries: Sweden-Norway and the Russian Empire. In 2005, the chain was inscribed on the World Heritage List. Image:Hammerfest Meridianstein.jpg

[edit] Chain

[edit] Norway

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Finland

[edit] Russia

  • "Mäki-päälys" (Mäkinpäällys) in Hogland
  • "Hogland, Z" (Gogland, Tochka Z) also in Hogland

[edit] Estonia

  • "Woibifer" (Võivere) in Avanduse
  • "Katko" (Simuna) in Avanduse
  • "Dorpat" (Tartu observatory) in Tartu

[edit] Latvia

[edit] Lithuania

[edit] Belarus

  • "Tupischki" (Tupishki) in Oshmyany district
  • "Lopati" (Lopaty) in Zelva district
  • "Ossownitza" (Ossovnitsa) in Ivanovo district
  • "Tchekutsk" (Chekutsk) in Ivanovo district
  • "Leskowitschi" (Leskovichi) in Ivanovo district

[edit] Moldova

[edit] Ukraine

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World Heritage Sites in Belarus

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | Mir Castle Complex | Niaśviž Castle Complex | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)

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World Heritage Sites in Estonia

Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)

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World Heritage Sites in Finland

Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki | Fortress of Suomenlinna | High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (w/ Sweden) | Old Rauma | Petäjävesi Old Church | Verla Ground Wood and Board Mill | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)

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World Heritage Sites in Latvia

Riga | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)

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World Heritage Sites in Lithuania

Curonian Spit (w/ Russia) | Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries) | Vilnius Historic Centre

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World Heritage Sites in Moldova

Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)

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World Heritage Sites in Norway

Bryggen | Rock Art of Alta | Røros Mining Town | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries) | Urnes Stave Church | Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago | West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

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World Heritage Sites in Russia

Central Sikhote-Alin | Curonian Spit (w/ Lithuania) | Ferapontov Monastery | Golden Mountains of Altai | Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye | Kazan Kremlin | Kizhi Pogost | Lake Baikal | Monuments of Derbent | Monuments of Novgorod | Moscow Kremlin and Red Square | Novodevichy Convent | St. Petersburg with Peterhof, Tsarskoye Selo, Pavlovsk, Gatchina, Strelna, Kronstadt, Oranienbaum, and Shlisselburg | Solovetsky Monastery | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries) | Trinity-Sergius Lavra | Uvs Nuur Basin (w/ Mongolia) | Virgin Komi Forests | Volcanoes of Kamchatka | Western Caucasus | White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal | Wrangel Island | Yaroslavl

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World Heritage Sites in Sweden

Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland | Birka and Hovgården | Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå | Engelsberg Ironworks | High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (w/ Finland) | Karlskrona | Laponian Area | Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain, Falun | Rock Carvings in Tanum | Royal Domain of Drottningholm | Skogskyrkogården | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries) | Varberg Radio Station | Visby

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World Heritage Sites in Ukraine

Kiev: Pechersk Lavra • Saint Sophia Cathedral • Lviv: Ensemble of the Historic Centre • Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)


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