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.
- Type: Museum
- Description: astronomical observatory in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darling Harbour and St Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church.
Darling Harbour
St Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church
Church
St Brigid's Roman Catholic Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church building located at 14, 16 Kent Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia. St Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church is situated 120 metres northwest of Sydney Observatory.
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Art gallery
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on George Street in The Rocks neighbourhood of Sydney. Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is situated 420 metres east of Sydney Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millers Point and The Hungry Mile.
Millers Point
Suburb
Millers Point is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district, adjacent to The Rocks and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
The Hungry Mile
Neighborhood
The Hungry Mile is the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of Darling Harbour East, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in the Great Depression.
The Rocks
Sydney Observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, building, tourism, observatory, and tourist attraction
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.85956° or 33° 51′ 34″ south
Longitude
151.20457° or 151° 12′ 16″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Levels
2
Open location code
4RRH46R3+5R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatory
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
OpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Sydney Observatory” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “悉尼天文台”
- Chinese: “悉尼天文臺”
- Chinese: “雪梨天文台”
- Chinese: “雪梨天文臺”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد سيدنى”
- French: “observatoire de Sydney”
- French: “Observatoire de Sydney”
- German: “Sydney Observatory”
- Indonesian: “Observatorium Sydney”
- Indonesian: “Sydney observatory”
- Indonesian: “Sydney Observatory”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Sydney”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Sydney”
- Japanese: “シドニー天文台”
- Korean: “시드니 천문대”
- Malay: “Balai Cerap Sydney”
- Polish: “obserwatorium w Sydney”
- Polish: “Obserwatorium w Sydney”
- Polish: “Sydney Observatory”
- Spanish: “Observatorio astronomico de Sidney”
- Spanish: “Observatorio astronómico de Sídney”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Parramata”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Sídney”
- Turkish: “Sidney Rasathanesi”
- Turkish: “Sydney Observatory”
- Urdu: “سڈنی آبزرویٹری”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Sydney”
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