Unisphere

The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth at in , New York City, United States. The globe was designed by Gilmore D.
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Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Queens Museum and Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Museum
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The is an art museum and educational center at in , New York City, United States. Established in 1972, the museum includes the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs of New York City built for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Stadium
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is a retractable roof tennis arena at in , New York City. Part of the , it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, making it the largest tennis stadium in the world.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corona and LeFrak City.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the borough of in . It borders and to the east, Jackson Heights and to the west, and Rego Park to the south, and to the north.

Neighborhood
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is a 4,605-apartment development in the southernmost region of and the easternmost part of , a neighborhood in the borough of .

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in the northwest section of the borough of . It is bounded to the south by Jackson Heights and , to the north and east by , and to the west by and Ditmars Steinway.

Unisphere

Latitude
40.74639° or 40° 44′ 47″ north
Longitude
-73.84528° or 73° 50′ 43″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
87G8P5W3+HV
Geo­Names ID
6348518
Wiki­data ID
Q717956
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Satellite Map

Discover Unisphere from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Unisphere” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يونيسفير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Unisfera”
  • Balinese: “Unisphere”
  • Cebuano: “Unisphere”
  • Chinese: “大地球仪”
  • Chinese: “大地球儀”
  • Chinese: “巨型地球仪”
  • Chinese: “巨型地球儀”
  • Chinese: “法拉盛大地球仪”
  • Danish: “Unisphere”
  • Dutch: “Unisphere”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة يونيسفير”
  • Esperanto: “Unisfero”
  • Estonian: “Unisphere”
  • Finnish: “Unisphere”
  • French: “Unisphere”
  • German: “Unisphere”
  • Hebrew: “יוניספרה”
  • Indonesian: “Unisphere”
  • Italian: “Unisfera”
  • Japanese: “ユニスフィア”
  • Japanese: “ユニスフェア”
  • Korean: “유니스페어”
  • Korean: “유니스피어”
  • Persian: “یونیسفر”
  • Portuguese: “Unisphere”
  • Russian: “Унисфера”
  • Spanish: “Unisphere”
  • Tagalog: “Unisphere”
  • Tamil: “ஒற்றைக்கோளம்”
  • Turkish: “Unisphere”
  • Ukrainian: “Унісфера”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Willets Point and North Corona.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and Terrace on the Park.

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