Hughes Memorial Tower
The Hughes Memorial Tower is a radio tower in Washington, D.C., at 6001 Georgia Avenue, near the intersection of 9th Street NW and Peabody Street NW. At 761 ft, it is the tallest structure of any kind in the district, surpassing the Washington Monument by more than 200 ft and the WTTG Television Tower by 55 ft.
- Tower
- …stands 761 feet (232 metres) tall
- Description: radio tower in Washington, DC
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Hughes Memorial Tower
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Latitude
38.96304° or 38° 57′ 47″ north
Longitude
-77.02667° or 77° 1′ 36″ west
Open location code
87C4XX7F+68
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made = tower
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Hughes Memorial Tower” goes by many names.
ہیوز میموریل ٹاورUrdu
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