South African Astronomical Observatory
South African Astronomical Observatory is an observatory in Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Namakwa, Northern Cape and has an elevation of 1,763 metres.- Type: Observatory
- Also known as: “The South African Astronomical Observatory”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Namakwa, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-32.37998° or 32° 22′ 48″ southLongitude
20.81058° or 20° 48′ 38″ eastElevation
1,763 metres (5,784 feet)Open location code
4GV2JRC6+26GeoNames ID
949303
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“South African Astronomical Observatory” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Suid-Afrikaanse Astronomiese Observatorium”
- Armenian: “Հարավաֆրիկյան աստղադիտարան”
- Bulgarian: “Южноафриканска астрономическа обсерватория”
- Catalan: “Observatori Astronòmic Sud-africà”
- Chinese: “南非天文台”
- Dutch: “South African Astronomical Observatory”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المرصد الفلكى الجنوب افريقى”
- Esperanto: “Sud-Afrika Astronomia Observatorio”
- French: “Observatoire astronomique sud-africain”
- German: “South African Astronomical Observatory”
- Indonesian: “South African Astronomical Observatory”
- Italian: “South African Astronomical Observatory”
- Japanese: “南アフリカ天文台”
- Luxembourgish: “South African Astronomical Observatory”
- Malay: “Balai Cerap Astronomi Afrika Selatan”
- Persian: “رصدخانه آفریقای جنوبی”
- Portuguese: “Observatório Astronômico Sul-Africano”
- Russian: “Южноафриканская астрономическая обсерватория”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Astronómico Sudafricano”
- Ukrainian: “Південноафриканська астрономічна обсерваторія”
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