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.- Email: infovirac@venta.lv
- Type: Building
- Also known as: “RT-32 Irbenes radioteleskops”
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, 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
Lūžņa is a populated place in Tārgale parish, Ventspils municipality, Latvia, one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian coast. Lūžņa was a long fishing hamlet at the coast of the Baltic Sea about 30 kilometers from Ventspils in the direction of Kolka. Lūžņa is situated 4½ km north of Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre.
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
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=telescope
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre” goes by many names.
- German: “Internationales Radio-Astronomie-Zentrum Ventspils”
- Russian: “Вентспилсский международный радиоастрономический центр (ВМРАЦ)”
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