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.
Chain
- Fuglenes in Hammerfest
- Raipas in Alta
- Luvdiidcohkka in Kautokeino
- Baelljasvarri in Kautokeino
- "Pajtas-vaara" (Tynnyrilaki) in Kiruna
- "Kerrojupukka" (Jupukka) in Pajala
- Pullinki in Övertorneå
- "Perra-vaara" (Perävaara) in Haparanda
- Stuor-Oivi (presently Stuorrahanoaivi) in Enontekiö
- Avasaksa (presently Aavasaksa) in Ylitornio
- Tornea (presently Alatornion kirkko) in Tornio
- Puolakka (presently Oravivuori) in Korpilahti
- Porlom II (presently Tornikallio) in Lapinjärvi (Lappträsk in Swedish)
- Svartvira (presently Mustaviiri) in Pyhtää
- "Woibifer" (Võivere) in Avanduse
- "Katko" (Simuna) in Avanduse
- "Dorpat" (Tartu observatory) in Tartu
- "Sestu-Kalns" (Ziestu) in Sausneja
- "Jacobstadt" (Jekabpils) in Jekabpils
- "Karischki" (Gireišiai) in Panemunėlis
- "Meschkanzi" (Meškonys) in Nemenčinė
- "Beresnäki" (Paliepiukai) in Nemėžis
- "Mäki-päälys" (Mäkipällys) in Kingisepp
- "Hogland, Z" (Gogland, Tochka Z) in Kingisepp
- "Tupischki" (Tupishki) in Oshmyany
- "Lopati" (Lopaty) in Zelva
- "Ossownitza" (Ossovnitsa) in Ivanovo
- "Tchekutsk" (Chekutsk) in Ivanovo
- "Leskowitschi" (Leskovichi) in Ivanovo
- Rudi in Rudi
- Katerinowka in Antonivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Felschtin in Hvardiiske, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Baranowka in Baranivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Staro-Nekrassowka (Stara Nekrasivka) in Nekrasivka, Odessa Oblast ()
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
[Special]
- [Listing on UNESCO website]
- [A UNESCO article about the chain]
- [FIG - Proposal to UNESCO for the Struve Geodetic Arc to become a World Heritage Monument]
- [J.R. Smith. The Struve Geodetic Arc]
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | Mir Castle Complex | Niaśviž Castle Complex | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)
- "Pajtas-vaara" (Tynnyrilaki) in Kiruna
- "Kerrojupukka" (Jupukka) in Pajala
- Pullinki in Övertorneå
- "Perra-vaara" (Perävaara) in Haparanda
- Stuor-Oivi (presently Stuorrahanoaivi) in Enontekiö
- Avasaksa (presently Aavasaksa) in Ylitornio
- Tornea (presently Alatornion kirkko) in Tornio
- Puolakka (presently Oravivuori) in Korpilahti
- Porlom II (presently Tornikallio) in Lapinjärvi (Lappträsk in Swedish)
- Svartvira (presently Mustaviiri) in Pyhtää
- "Woibifer" (Võivere) in Avanduse
- "Katko" (Simuna) in Avanduse
- "Dorpat" (Tartu observatory) in Tartu
- "Sestu-Kalns" (Ziestu) in Sausneja
- "Jacobstadt" (Jekabpils) in Jekabpils
- "Karischki" (Gireišiai) in Panemunėlis
- "Meschkanzi" (Meškonys) in Nemenčinė
- "Beresnäki" (Paliepiukai) in Nemėžis
- "Mäki-päälys" (Mäkipällys) in Kingisepp
- "Hogland, Z" (Gogland, Tochka Z) in Kingisepp
- "Tupischki" (Tupishki) in Oshmyany
- "Lopati" (Lopaty) in Zelva
- "Ossownitza" (Ossovnitsa) in Ivanovo
- "Tchekutsk" (Chekutsk) in Ivanovo
- "Leskowitschi" (Leskovichi) in Ivanovo
- Rudi in Rudi
- Katerinowka in Antonivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Felschtin in Hvardiiske, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Baranowka in Baranivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Staro-Nekrassowka (Stara Nekrasivka) in Nekrasivka, Odessa Oblast ()
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
[Special]
- [Listing on UNESCO website]
- [A UNESCO article about the chain]
- [FIG - Proposal to UNESCO for the Struve Geodetic Arc to become a World Heritage Monument]
- [J.R. Smith. The Struve Geodetic Arc]
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | Mir Castle Complex | Niaśviž Castle Complex | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)
- "Woibifer" (Võivere) in Avanduse
- "Katko" (Simuna) in Avanduse
- "Dorpat" (Tartu observatory) in Tartu
- "Sestu-Kalns" (Ziestu) in Sausneja
- "Jacobstadt" (Jekabpils) in Jekabpils
- "Karischki" (Gireišiai) in Panemunėlis
- "Meschkanzi" (Meškonys) in Nemenčinė
- "Beresnäki" (Paliepiukai) in Nemėžis
- "Mäki-päälys" (Mäkipällys) in Kingisepp
- "Hogland, Z" (Gogland, Tochka Z) in Kingisepp
- "Tupischki" (Tupishki) in Oshmyany
- "Lopati" (Lopaty) in Zelva
- "Ossownitza" (Ossovnitsa) in Ivanovo
- "Tchekutsk" (Chekutsk) in Ivanovo
- "Leskowitschi" (Leskovichi) in Ivanovo
- Rudi in Rudi
- Katerinowka in Antonivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Felschtin in Hvardiiske, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Baranowka in Baranivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Staro-Nekrassowka (Stara Nekrasivka) in Nekrasivka, Odessa Oblast ()
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
[Special]
- [Listing on UNESCO website]
- [A UNESCO article about the chain]
- [FIG - Proposal to UNESCO for the Struve Geodetic Arc to become a World Heritage Monument]
- [J.R. Smith. The Struve Geodetic Arc]
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | Mir Castle Complex | Niaśviž Castle Complex | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)
- "Karischki" (Gireišiai) in Panemunėlis
- "Meschkanzi" (Meškonys) in Nemenčinė
- "Beresnäki" (Paliepiukai) in Nemėžis
- "Mäki-päälys" (Mäkipällys) in Kingisepp
- "Hogland, Z" (Gogland, Tochka Z) in Kingisepp
- "Tupischki" (Tupishki) in Oshmyany
- "Lopati" (Lopaty) in Zelva
- "Ossownitza" (Ossovnitsa) in Ivanovo
- "Tchekutsk" (Chekutsk) in Ivanovo
- "Leskowitschi" (Leskovichi) in Ivanovo
- Rudi in Rudi
- Katerinowka in Antonivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Felschtin in Hvardiiske, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Baranowka in Baranivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Staro-Nekrassowka (Stara Nekrasivka) in Nekrasivka, Odessa Oblast ()
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
[Special]
- [Listing on UNESCO website]
- [A UNESCO article about the chain]
- [FIG - Proposal to UNESCO for the Struve Geodetic Arc to become a World Heritage Monument]
- [J.R. Smith. The Struve Geodetic Arc]
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | Mir Castle Complex | Niaśviž Castle Complex | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)
- "Tupischki" (Tupishki) in Oshmyany
- "Lopati" (Lopaty) in Zelva
- "Ossownitza" (Ossovnitsa) in Ivanovo
- "Tchekutsk" (Chekutsk) in Ivanovo
- "Leskowitschi" (Leskovichi) in Ivanovo
- Rudi in Rudi
- Katerinowka in Antonivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Felschtin in Hvardiiske, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Baranowka in Baranivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Staro-Nekrassowka (Stara Nekrasivka) in Nekrasivka, Odessa Oblast ()
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
[Special]
- [Listing on UNESCO website]
- [A UNESCO article about the chain]
- [FIG - Proposal to UNESCO for the Struve Geodetic Arc to become a World Heritage Monument]
- [J.R. Smith. The Struve Geodetic Arc]
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | Mir Castle Complex | Niaśviž Castle Complex | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)
- Katerinowka in Antonivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Felschtin in Hvardiiske, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Baranowka in Baranivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ()
- Staro-Nekrassowka (Stara Nekrasivka) in Nekrasivka, Odessa Oblast ()
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
[Special]
- [Listing on UNESCO website]
- [A UNESCO article about the chain]
- [FIG - Proposal to UNESCO for the Struve Geodetic Arc to become a World Heritage Monument]
- [J.R. Smith. The Struve Geodetic Arc]
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | Mir Castle Complex | Niaśviž Castle Complex | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki | Fortress of Suomenlinna | High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (w/ ) | Old Rauma | Petäjävesi Old Church | Verla Ground Wood and Board Mill | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)
Riga | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)
Curonian Spit (w/ Russia) | Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries) | Vilnius Historic Centre
Bryggen | Rock Drawings of Alta | Røros | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries) | Urnes Stave Church | Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago | West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
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
Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland | Birka and Hovgården | Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå | Engelsberg Ironworks | High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (w/ ) | 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
Kiev: Pechersk Lavra, Saint Sophia Cathedral |
Lviv: Ensemble of the Historic Centre |
Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries)
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