Kavalur
Kavalur is a village in the Jawadhu Hills in Vaniyambadi taluk, Tirupathur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The village hosts the Vainu Bappu Observatory, which was established in the 1970s, and contains the 1-meter Carl Zeiss Telescope, and the 2.3-meter Vainu Bappu telescope.- Hamlet with 472 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 36 metres (118 feet)
- Description: Village in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agaramangudi and Melattur.
Agaramangudi
Village
Agaramangudi is a village in the Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Melattur
Village
Melattur is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Melattur is situated 2½ km east of Kavalur.
Ayyampettai
Town
Ayyampettai, or Ayyampet, is a panchayat town located… Ayyampettai is situated 5 km northwest of Kavalur.
Kavalur
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Latitude
10.85857° or 10° 51′ 31″ north
Longitude
79.21534° or 79° 12′ 55″ east
Open location code
7J2XV658+C4
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tamil—“Kavalur” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kavalur”
- Cebuano: “Kavalūr”
- Dutch: “Kavalur”
- French: “Kavalur”
- Hindi: “कावलूर”
- Ladin: “Kavalur”
- Malayalam: “കാവലൂർ”
- Swedish: “Kavalūr”
- Tamil: “காவலூர்”
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