Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at in , United States is the burial site of a World War I soldier whose remains were unidentifiable.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: historic funerary monument in Arlington dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified
  • Also known as: “Tomb of the Unknowns”, “Tombe des inconnus”, “Tumba de los soldados desconocidos”, “Могила неизвестного солдата в Вашингтоне”, “Могила неизвестного солдата на Арлингтонском кладбище”, and “无名烈士墓”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Arlington National Cemetery and Pentagon.

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is in .

Military installation
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The is the headquarters of the United States… is situated 1 mile east of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penrose Historic District and Pentagon City.

Neighborhood
The is a national historic…

Suburb
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is an unincorporated neighborhood…

Suburb
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Court House, also known as Courthouse…

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Latitude
38.87622° or 38° 52′ 34″ north
Longitude
-77.0722° or 77° 4′ 20″ west
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
Open location code
87C4VWGH+F4
Geo­Names ID
4789769
Wiki­data ID
Q3531107
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قبر الجندي المجهول (مقبرة أرلينغتون الوطنية)”
  • Asturian: “Tumba de los desconocíos”
  • Chinese: “無名塚”
  • Chinese: “無名戰士墓”
  • Esperanto: “Tombo de la Nekonatoj”
  • French: “tombe des Inconnus”
  • French: “Tombe des Inconnus”
  • German: “Grab der Unbekannten”
  • Italian: “Tomba del milite ignoto (Arlington)”
  • Italian: “Tomba del milite ignoto”
  • Japanese: “無名戦士の墓”
  • Polish: “Grób Nieznanych Żołnierzy na Narodowym Cmentarzu w Arlington”
  • Portuguese: “Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido (Arlington)”
  • Portuguese: “Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido”
  • Russian: “Могила неизвестного солдата (Арлингтон)”
  • Russian: “Могила неизвестного солдата”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de los desconocidos”
  • Spanish: “Tumba del soldado desconocido”
  • Urdu: “نامعلوم فوجی کا مقبرہ (آرلنگٹن)”
  • Urdu: “نامعلوم فوجی کا مقبرہ”

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