Pentagon Memorial
The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, or simply the Pentagon Memorial, located just southwest of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is a permanent outdoor memorial to the 184 people who died as victims in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77 during the September 11 attacks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic site
- Also known as: “The 9/11 Pentagon Memorial”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arlington National Cemetery and Pentagon.
Arlington National Cemetery
Photo: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arlington National Cemetery is in Arlington, Virginia. Just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., adjacent to the Pentagon, this national military cemetery includes John F.
Pentagon
Military installation
Photo: David B. Gleason, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. Pentagon is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Pentagon Memorial.
United States Air Force Memorial
The United States Air Force Memorial honors the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its heritage organizations. The Memorial is located in Arlington County, Virginia, on the former grounds of the Navy Annex near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pentagon City and National Landing.
Pentagon City
Suburb
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Pentagon City is an unincorporated neighborhood located in the southeast portion of Arlington County, Virginia. It is located near the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
National Landing
Neighborhood
National Landing is an area in Northern Virginia encompassing parts of the Crystal City and Pentagon City neighborhoods of Arlington County and the Potomac Yard neighborhood in the city of Alexandria.
Crystal City
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Crystal City is the secondary "downtown" area of Arlington, Virginia, after the Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor. This article also includes the nearby neighborhoods of Pentagon City, Arlington Ridge, and Aurora Highlands.
Pentagon Memorial
- Categories: monument, public open space, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Arlington, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.87036° or 38° 52′ 13″ northLongitude
-77.05926° or 77° 3′ 33″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Inception
2008Open location code
87C4VWCR+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 1199506649OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
8015455Wikidata ID
Q889893
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Pentagon Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب البنتاغون التذكاري”
- Chinese: “五角大廈紀念園”
- Chinese: “五角大廈纪念园”
- Chinese: “五角大楼纪念园”
- Chinese: “五角大楼纪念馆”
- Chinese: “五角大樓紀念園”
- Danish: “Pentagon Memorial”
- Dutch: “Pentagon Memorial”
- French: “mémorial du Pentagone”
- French: “Mémorial du Pentagone”
- German: “Pentagon Memorial”
- German: “Pentagon-Denkmal”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת הפנטגון”
- Indonesian: “Pentagon Memorial”
- Japanese: “ペンタゴン・メモリアル”
- Malay: “Tugu Peringatan Pentagon”
- Polish: “Pentagon Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Memorial do Pentágono”
- Russian: “Мемориал Пентагона”
- Spanish: “Memorial del Pentagono”
- Spanish: “Memorial del Pentágono”
- Spanish: “Pentagon Memorial”
- Swedish: “Pentagon Memorial”
- Ukrainian: “Меморіал Пентагону”
- Urdu: “پینٹا گون میموریل”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as The Pentagon and South Parking.
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