Sydney Observatory
The Sydney Observatory is a heritage-listed meteorological station, astronomical observatory, function venue, science museum, and education facility located on Observatory Hill at Upper Fort Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
- Museum
- …lies at an elevation of 40 metres (131 feet)
- …is partly wheelchair accessible
- …has 2 floors
- Description: astronomical observatory in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millers Point and The Hungry Mile.
Millers Point
Millers Point is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The Hungry Mile
Neighborhood
The Hungry Mile is the name harbourside workers gave…
Sydney Observatory
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Latitude
-33.85956° or 33° 51′ 34″ south
Longitude
151.20457° or 151° 12′ 16″ east
Open location code
4RRH46R3+5R
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OpenStreetMap feature
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man_made = observatory
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tourism = museum
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Sydney Observatory” goes by many names.
悉尼天文台Chinese
悉尼天文臺Chinese
雪梨天文台Chinese
雪梨天文臺Chinese
مرصد سيدنىEgyptian Arabic
Observatorium SydneyIndonesian
Sydney ObservatoryIndonesian
Osservatorio di SydneyItalian
シドニー天文台Japanese
시드니 천문대Korean
Balai Cerap SydneyMalay
Obserwatorium w SydneyPolish
Sydney ObservatoryPolish
Sidney RasathanesiTurkish
Sydney ObservatoryTurkish
سڈنی آبزرویٹریUrdu
Đài thiên văn SydneyVietnamese
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