Yerkes Observatory

The Yerkes Observatory is an in , United States. Founded in 1897, it houses the world's largest refracting telescope in the world, with a doublet-lens aperture of 40 inches.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,040 feet (317 metres)
  • …is also known as “754 YE”
  • …is operated by Yerkes Future Foundation
  • …has 3 floors
  • Description: astronomical observatory in Wisconsin, USA
  • Address: 373 West Geneva St, Williams Bay, WI 53191

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Williams Bay High School and Faith Christian School.

School
is a 4-year public high school located in . is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Yerkes Observatory.

School
is a K-12 private… is situated 1 mile west of Yerkes Observatory.

Museum
Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an estate on the south shore… is situated 2½ miles east of Yerkes Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fontana and East Delavan.

Village
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is a village located… is situated 1½ miles southwest of Yerkes Observatory.

Hamlet
Delavan is a town in , , United States. is situated 2½ miles north of Yerkes Observatory.

Village
is a village in , , United States. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Yerkes Observatory.

Yerkes Observatory

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Latitude
42.57035° or 42° 34′ 13″ north
Longitude
-88.55625° or 88° 33′ 23″ west
Open location code
86JHHCCV+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13095879190
Open­Street­Map feature
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historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
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tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5279849
Wiki­data ID
Q14310

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Yerkes Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد يركيز”
  • Armenian: “Երկեսի աստղադիտարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yerkes rəsədxanası”
  • Belarusian: “Еркская абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Еркская абсэрваторыя”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Yerkes”
  • Chinese: “葉凱士天文台”
  • Czech: “Yerkesova observatoř”
  • Dutch: “Yerkes Observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Yerkes-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد يركس”
  • Estonian: “Yerkesi observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Yerkesin observatorio”
  • French: “observatoire Yerkes”
  • French: “Observatoire Yerkes”
  • Georgian: “იერკის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Yerkes-Observatorium”
  • German: “Yerkes-Refraktor”
  • German: “Yerkes-Sternwarte”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Γιερκς”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Γιέρκς”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים ירקס”
  • Hindi: “यर्कीज़ वेधशाला”
  • Hungarian: “Yerkes Obszervatórium”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Yerkes”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Yerkes”
  • Italian: “osservatorio Yerkes”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Yerkes”
  • Japanese: “ヤーキス天文台”
  • Kazakh: “Йеркс обсерваториясы”
  • Korean: “여키스 천문대”
  • Luxembourgish: “Yerkes-Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Јеркисова опсерваторија”
  • Macedonian: “Јерксова опсерваторија”
  • Mingrelian: “იერკსიშ ობსერვატორია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yerkes-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yerkes-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Yerkes-observatoriet”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه یرکیز”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Yerkes”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Yerkes”
  • Russian: “Йеркская обсерватория”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Yerkes”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Yerkes”
  • Swedish: “Yerkesobservatoriet”
  • Tagalog: “Obserbatoryong Yerkes”
  • Turkish: “Yerkes Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Єркська обсерваторія”
  • Urdu: “یرکیس رصدگاہ”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Yerkes”

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