Sultan Iskandar Planetarium
The Sultan Iskandar Planetarium is a planetarium in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is also the first planetarium to be constructed in Malaysia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: science museum in Sarawak, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Planetarium Sultan Iskandar”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sarawak State Museum and Sarawak General Hospital.
Sarawak State Museum
Museum
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The Sarawak State Museum is the oldest museum in Borneo. It was founded in 1888 and opened in 1891 in a purpose-built building in Kuching, Sarawak. Sarawak State Museum is situated 770 metres north of Sultan Iskandar Planetarium.
Sarawak General Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Kok Sen Wai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sarawak General Hospital is the largest general hospital in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is one out of two main tertiary and referral hospitals in East Malaysia. In its earlier years, it was known as Kuching General Hospital. Sarawak General Hospital is situated 1 km southwest of Sultan Iskandar Planetarium.
Borneo Cultures Museum
Museum
Photo: 愛子棋枰, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Borneo Cultures Museum is a museum located in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the largest museum in Malaysia and the second largest in Southeast Asia. Borneo Cultures Museum is situated 1 km north of Sultan Iskandar Planetarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuching and Petra Jaya.
Kuching
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY 2.0.
Kuching is the capital and largest city of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak and the district of Kuching. Kuching is small enough to walk around but interesting enough to keep you there for several days, and a good base for exploring Sarawak.
Petra Jaya
Suburb
Petra Jaya is a suburb of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. This suburb was named after the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Yahya Petra of Kelantan. Petra Jaya is situated 2½ km north of Sultan Iskandar Planetarium.
Kota Sentosa
Town
Kota Sentosa is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006. The state constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. Kota Sentosa is situated 9 km south of Sultan Iskandar Planetarium.
Sultan Iskandar Planetarium
- Categories: fixed construction and tourism
- Location: Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.54796° or 1° 32′ 53″ northLongitude
110.34476° or 110° 20′ 41″ eastOpen location code
6PHGG8XV+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 102893404OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7201223
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Sultan Iskandar Planetarium” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “苏丹依斯干达天文馆”
- Malay: “Planetarium Sultan Iskandar”
- Russian: “Планетарий султана Искандара”
- Ukrainian: “Планетарій Султана Іскандара”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sarawak Club Swimming Pool and Kompleks Dewan Suarah Negeri.
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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 “Sultan Iskandar Planetarium”. Photo: Cerevisae, CC BY-SA 4.0.