Montreal Planetarium
The Montreal Planetarium is a planetarium located in the Space for Life, near the Olympic Stadium and the Biodome in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the successor to the Dow Planetarium, closed in 2011.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mtlfiredude, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Planetarium
- Description: building in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Planetarium Rio Tinto Alcan” and “Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympic Stadium Montreal and Saputo Stadium.
Olympic Stadium Montreal
Stadium
Saputo Stadium
Stadium
Photo: FRED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saputo Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium at Olympic Park in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The stadium opened on May 21, 2008, and is the current home of CF Montréal. Saputo Stadium is situated 310 metres northwest of Montreal Planetarium.
Montreal Biodome
Zoo
Photo: storem, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Montreal Biodome is a museum of enclosed ecosystems located at Olympic Park in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas. Montreal Biodome is situated 130 metres southeast of Montreal Planetarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Longue-Pointe.
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Photo: Nicolas Marchildon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a district in Montreal. Located a ways east of downtown, it features the Olympic Stadium and other major attractions.
Longue-Pointe
Neighborhood
Longue-Pointe was a Montreal neighbourhood now located in the borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The neighborhood was permanently divided by the construction of the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel.
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Photo: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie is an area of Montreal north of the Plateau. Unlike in many other North American cities, Montreal's Little Italy is still authentic and has not seen any tourist-oriented development.
Montreal Planetarium
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Southwestern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.56065° or 45° 33′ 38″ northLongitude
-73.55056° or 73° 33′ 2″ westElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
87Q8HC6X+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 160672184OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=planetariumOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
10346684Wikidata ID
Q15961512
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Montreal Planetarium” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Планетариум „Рио Тинто Алкан“”
- Chinese: “力拓加铝天文馆”
- French: “Planétarium de Montréal”
- French: “Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan”
- Turkish: “Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan”
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Explore places such as Maisonneuve and Hochelaga.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Montreal Planetarium”. Photo: Mtlfiredude, CC BY-SA 3.0.