Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre is a building in Ances pagasts, Ventspils Municipality. Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre is situated nearby to the village Lūžņa.Photo: Sandis.Spolitis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: infovirac@venta.lv
- Type: Building
- Description: radio telescope in Latvia
- Also known as: “Irbene RT32 radio telescope”, “RT-32”, and “RT32”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Irbene and Lūžņa.
Irbene
Village
Photo: Powermelon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irbene is a ghost town in Ance Parish, Ventspils Municipality in northwestern Latvia. In 1971, the Soviet Union established a secret radar center "Звезда" and built a settlement for military officers and their families, naming it Irbene because of nearby river Irbe.
Lūžņa
Village
Oviši
Village
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oviši is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre.
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre
- Category: radio telescope
- Location: Ances pagasts, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.55338° or 57° 33′ 12″ northLongitude
21.85479° or 21° 51′ 17″ eastLevels
1Open location code
9G93HV33+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 295968489OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=telescopeWikidata ID
Q19687225
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Radiotelescoop van Ventspils”
- German: “Internationales Radio-Astronomie-Zentrum Ventspils”
- Latvian: “RT-32 Irbenes radioteleskops”
- Lithuanian: “Irbene RT32 radijo teleskopas”
- Russian: “Вентспилсский международный радиоастрономический центр (ВМРАЦ)”
- Ukrainian: “Ірбенський радіотелескоп РТ-32”
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