Cloud Platform
The Cloud Platform at Juyongguan is a mid-14th-century architectural feature situated in the Guangou Valley at the Juyongguan Pass of the Great Wall of China, in the Changping District of Beijing Municipality, about 60 kilometres northwest of central Beijing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Juyongguan.
Juyongguan
Railway station
Photo: Yaohua2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Juyongguan railway station is a railway station in Beijing, near the Juyongguan section of Great Wall. The station was built in 1910 to increase the transportation capacity of the Nankou-Kangzhuang railway section. Juyongguan is situated 1¼ km northwest of Cloud Platform.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Badaling.
Badaling
Locality
Photo: DF08, Public domain.
Badaling is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China, approximately 80 kilometers northwest of Beijing's city center, in Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing municipality. Badaling is situated 9 km northwest of Cloud Platform.
Cloud Platform
- Type: City gate
- Also known as: “Cloud Platform at Juyong Pass”, “Cloud Platform at Juyongguan”, “Cloud Terrace at Juyongguan”, and “Yun Terrace in Juyong Pass”
- Categories: cultural heritage of China, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.28903° or 40° 17′ 21″ northLongitude
116.0683° or 116° 4′ 6″ eastInception
1345Open location code
8PGR73Q9+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 497788379OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateWikidata ID
Q2592536
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Satellite Map
Discover Cloud Platform from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tamil—“Cloud Platform” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Terrassa dels núvols de Juyongguan”
- Chinese: “居庸关云台”
- Chinese: “居庸关过街塔”
- French: “Plateforme nuage de Juyongguan”
- German: “Wolkenterrasse des Juyongguan-Passes”
- German: “Wolkenterrasse”
- German: “Yuntai”
- Japanese: “居庸関雲台”
- Romanian: “Platforma Norilor de la Juyongguan”
- Swedish: “Molnterrassen”
- Tamil: “ஜுயோங் கணவாயின் மேக நடைப்பாதை”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 居庸关足球场 and 居庸关公交场站.
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