Mont Mégantic Observatory
The Mont Mégantic Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated jointly by the Université de Montréal and the Université Laval. Founded in 1978, the observatory houses the second largest telescope in Eastern Canada after David Dunlap Observatory near Toronto.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: observatory in Canada
- Also known as: “Mont Megantic Observatory”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mont Mégantic.
Mont Mégantic
Peak
Photo: Khayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mont Mégantic is a monadnock located in Québec, Canada, about 15 km north of the border between Québec and the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire. Mégantic is on the border of the regional county municipalities of Le Granit and Le Haut-Saint-François.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Notre-Dame-des-Bois and La Patrie.
Notre-Dame-des-Bois
Village
Photo: Khayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notre-Dame-des-Bois is a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border. Notre-Dame-des-Bois is situated 9 km southeast of Mont Mégantic Observatory.
La Patrie
Village
Photo: Khayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Patrie is a municipality of about 815 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is located at the base of Mont Mégantic. La Patrie is situated 10 km southwest of Mont Mégantic Observatory.
Mont Mégantic Observatory
- Category: astronomical observatory
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.45578° or 45° 27′ 21″ northLongitude
-71.15271° or 71° 9′ 10″ westLevels
2Open location code
87QCFR4W+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 229124376OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1543970
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Mont Mégantic Observatory” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “莫干迪克峰天文台”
- Chinese: “莫干迪克峰天文臺”
- Chinese: “莫幹迪克峰天文臺”
- Chinese: “蒙特梅甘蒂奇天文臺”
- Dutch: “Mont Mégantic Observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد مونت ميجانتيك”
- French: “Observatoire du Mont Megantic”
- French: “Observatoire du mont Mégantic”
- French: “observatoire du Mont-Mégantic”
- French: “Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic”
- French: “OMM”
- German: “Observatoire du Mont Mégantic”
- Japanese: “モンメガンティク天文台”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Мон-Мегантик”
- Ukrainian: “обсерваторія Мон-Мегантік”
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Highlights include Halte de la Terre and Col des Trois-Sommets.
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