University of Tartu Old Observatory

University of Tartu Old Observatory or Tartu Old Observatory is an in , Estonia. was an active observatory from 1810 to 1964.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (210 feet)
  • …stands 18 metres (59 feet) tall
  • Description: former observatory of University of Tartu, Estonia, currently a museum
  • Address: Uppsala 8, Tartu, 51003
  • Also known as
    “Old Observatory”
    “Tartu Observatory”
    “Tartu Old Observatory”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Town Hall and St. John’s Church.
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Tartu is the seat of the city government of , . is situated 160 metres northeast of University of Tartu Old Observatory.
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St. John's Church, Tartu is a Brick Gothic Lutheran… is situated 430 metres north of University of Tartu Old Observatory.
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is situated 190 metres northeast of University of Tartu Old Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karlova and Külitse.
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is a neighbourhood of , .
is a small borough in , , in southern . is situated 9 km southwest of University of Tartu Old Observatory.
is a village in , in eastern . is situated 10 km southeast of University of Tartu Old Observatory.

University of Tartu Old Observatory

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Latitude
58.37881° or 58° 22′ 44″ north
Longitude
26.72009° or 26° 43′ 12″ east
Open location code
9GC89PHC+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
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Geo­Names ID
11524683
Wiki­data ID
Q2346055

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Urdu—“University of Tartu Old Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Обсерватория в Тарту”
  • Catalan: “Antic Observatori de la Universitat de Tartu”
  • Catalan: “Antic observatori de Tartu”
  • Danish: “Tartus gamle observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Oude sterrenwacht van Tartu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد جامعة تارتو القديم”
  • Estonian: “Tartu observa­toorium”
  • Estonian: “Tartu tähetorn”
  • Finnish: “Tarton vanha observatorio”
  • French: “Ancien observatoire de l’université de Tartu”
  • Galician: “Antigo observatorio da Universidade de Tartu”
  • German: “Jurjewskaja observatorija”
  • German: “Observatorium Tartu”
  • German: “Sternwarte Dorpat”
  • German: “Sternwarte Jurjew”
  • German: “Sternwarte Tartu”
  • German: “Tartuskaja observatorija”
  • Japanese: “タルトゥ大学旧天文台”
  • Japanese: “タルトゥ旧天文台”
  • Japanese: “ドルパト天文台”
  • Japanese: “古タルトゥ天文台”
  • Latvian: “Tartu Universitātes Vecā observatorija”
  • Macedonian: “Ѕвездарница во Тарту”
  • Macedonian: “Стара опсерваторија”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه قدیمی دانشگاه تارتو”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Тартуского университета”
  • Slovenian: “Stari observatorij Univerze v Tartuju”
  • Slovenian: “Tartujski observatorij”
  • Swedish: “Tartus gamla observatorium”
  • Urdu: “یونیورسٹی آف تارتو اولڈ رصدگاہ”

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