Saint Petersburg TV Tower

Saint Petersburg Television Tower is a 326 m steel lattice television tower in , . Being the first dedicated television tower in the Soviet Union, the Saint Petersburg TV Tower is utilized for transmitting for FM-/TV-broadcasting throughout the federal city.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Also known as: Saint Petersburg Television Tower

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kantemirovsky Bridge and Church of the Transfiguration on Aptekarsky Island.

Bridge
Kantemirovskiy Bridge is a large modern drawbridge in , across the Bolshaya Nevka arm of the Neva river. The bridge connects the northern of the north-central on Petrograd Side with northeastern Vyborgskiy District of the city and over it with the northeast and east of Saint Petersburg. is situated 210 metres north of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.

Church
is situated 440 metres southeast of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.

Museum
is situated 620 metres south of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vyborg Side and Petrograd Side.

Suburb
'The Side is the traditional name of the northern and northeastern part of , on the right-hand bank of the city's main waterway Neva and its first right-hand arm the Bolshaya Nevka.

The is a borough in consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.

Neighborhood
The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. is situated 3 km south of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.

Saint Petersburg TV Tower

Latitude
59.97668° or 59° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
30.32088° or 30° 19′ 15″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
9GFGX8GC+M9
Geo­Names ID
7282091
Wiki­data ID
Q1355638
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Satellite Map

Discover Saint Petersburg TV Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Veps—“Saint Petersburg TV Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: برج تلفزيون سانت بطرسبرغ
  • Azerbaijani: Sankt-Peterburq teleqülləsi
  • Chinese: 圣彼得堡电视塔
  • Chinese: 聖彼得堡電視塔
  • Dutch: Saint Petersburg TV Tower
  • Dutch: Televisietoren van Sint-Petersburg
  • Dutch: TV-toren van Sint-Petersburg
  • Finnish: Pietarin televisiotorni
  • Finnish: Pietarin TV-torni
  • French: Tour de television de Saint-Petersbourg
  • French: tour de télévision de Saint-Pétersbourg
  • French: Tour de télévision de Saint-Pétersbourg
  • German: Fernsehturm Sankt Petersburg
  • Hebrew: מגדל הטלוויזיה של סנקט פטרבורג
  • Indonesian: Menara TV Saint Petersburg
  • Italian: torre televisiva di San Pietroburgo
  • Italian: Torre televisiva di San Pietroburgo
  • Japanese: サンクトペテルブルクテレビタワー
  • Japanese: サンクトペテルブルクテレビ塔
  • Korean: 상트페테르부르크 TV 타워
  • Korean: 상트페테르부르크TV타워
  • Persian: برج تلویزیونی سنت پترزبورگ
  • Portuguese: St. Petersburg TV Tower
  • Portuguese: Torre de TV de São Petersburgo
  • Russian: Ленинградская телебашня
  • Russian: Петербургская телебашня
  • Russian: Санкт-петербургская телебашня
  • Russian: Санкт-Петербургская телебашня
  • Russian: Телебашня в Петербурге
  • Russian: Телебашня в Санкт-Петербурге
  • Russian: Телебашня Петербурга
  • Russian: Телебашня Санкт-Петербурга
  • Russian: Телевизионная башня Ленинградского радиотелевизионного передающего центра
  • Spanish: Torre de televisión de San Petersburgo
  • Turkish: Sankt-Peterburg Televizyon Kulesi
  • Uzbek: Sankt-Peterburg teleminorasi
  • Veps: Piterin TV-čuhunduz

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