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The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an in , owned by the US National Science Foundation.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: observatory located in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: “Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory”, “Arecibo Radio Telescope”, “NAIC”, and “National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center”
  • Address: Arecibo, PR 00612

Arecibo Observatory

Latitude
18.3442° or 18° 20′ 39″ north
Longitude
-66.75268° or 66° 45′ 10″ west
Elevation
314 metres (1,030 feet)
Open location code
77CM86VW+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1243207707
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Geo­Names ID
6619568
Wiki­data ID
Q102327045
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Arecibo Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد أرسيبو”
  • Arabic: “مقراب أرسيبو الكاشوفي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aresibo Rəsədxanası”
  • Basque: “Areciboko irrati-teleskopioa”
  • Belarusian: “Абсерваторыя Арэсіба”
  • Bengali: “আরেসিবো মানমন্দির”
  • Bosnian: “Opservatorija Arecibo”
  • Burmese: “အာရီစီဘို နက္ခတာရာကြည့်မျှော်စင်”
  • Catalan: “Observatori d’Arecibo”
  • Catalan: “Radiotelescopi dArecibo”
  • Chinese: “阿雷西博天文台”
  • Croatian: “Zvjezdarnica Arecibo”
  • Czech: “Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory”
  • Czech: “Arecibo Observatory”
  • Czech: “NAIC”
  • Czech: “National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Arecibo”
  • Danish: “Arecibo-Observatoriet”
  • Dutch: “Arecibo-observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Arecibo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد اريسيبو”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio Arecibo”
  • Estonian: “Arecibo observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Arecibon radioteleskooppi”
  • French: “NAIC”
  • French: “National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center”
  • French: “Observatoire astronomique d’Arecibo”
  • French: “observatoire d’Arecibo”
  • French: “Radiotélescope dArecibo”
  • German: “Arecibo-Observatorium”
  • German: “Arecibo-Radioteleskop”
  • German: “NAIC”
  • German: “National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center”
  • German: “William-E.-Gordon-Teleskop”
  • Greek: “Ραδιοτηλεσκόπιο του Αρεσίμπο”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים ארסיבו”
  • Hindi: “आरेसिबो वेधशाला”
  • Hindi: “एरेसिबो वेधशाला”
  • Hungarian: “Arecibo Obszervatórium”
  • Hungarian: “Arecibo Rádióteleszkóp”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Arecibo”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Arecibo”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Arecibo”
  • Italian: “Radiotelescopio di Arecibo”
  • Japanese: “アレシボ天文台”
  • Japanese: “アレシボ電波望遠鏡”
  • Korean: “아레시보 전파 망원경”
  • Korean: “아레시보 천문대”
  • Lithuanian: “Aresibo observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arecibo Observatoire”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Arecibo”
  • Malayalam: “എറിസിബോ റേഡിയോ ടെലിസ്കോപ്പ്”
  • Manx: “Reayrtlann Arecibo”
  • Manx: “Thie Rollageydys Arecibo”
  • Marathi: “अरेकिबो वेधशाळा”
  • Marathi: “अरेसीबो वेधशाळा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arecibo-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arecibo-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Arecibo-observatoriet”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه آرسیبو”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Arecibo”
  • Portuguese: “Radiotelescópio de Arecibo”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Arecibo”
  • Russian: “Аресибо (обсерватория)”
  • Russian: “Аресибо”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Аресибо”
  • Serbian: “Aresibo”
  • Slovak: “Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory”
  • Slovak: “Arecibo Observatory”
  • Slovak: “NAIC”
  • Slovak: “National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center”
  • Slovak: “Observatórium Arecibo”
  • Spanish: “Centro Nacional de Astronomía e Ionosfera”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Arecibo”
  • Spanish: “Radar de Arecibo”
  • Spanish: “Radiotelescopio de Arecibo”
  • Swedish: “Arecibo-observatoriet”
  • Tamil: “அரிசிபோ வானிலை ஆய்வுக்கூடம்”
  • Thai: “ศูนย์ดาราศาสตร์และชั้นบรรยากาศไอโอโนสเฟียร์แห่งชาติ”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวอาเรซิโบ”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวอาเรซีโบ”
  • Turkish: “Arecibo Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “NAIC”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Astronomi ve İyonosfer Merkezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Аресібо (обсерваторія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Аресібо”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Аресібо”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài quan sát Arecibo”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Arecibo”

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