Dengfeng Observatory
Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory, also known as the Dengfeng Observatory, is an observatory in Duke of Zhou's shrine, Gaocheng Town, near Dengfeng in Henan province, China.
- Protected area
- …dates from 1276
- Description: The ancient observatory in Dengfeng, China
- Also known as“Astronomical Observatory”“Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory”“Stellar Observatory”“告成天文台”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gaocheng.
Dengfeng Observatory
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Latitude
34.40259° or 34° 24′ 9″ north
Longitude
113.14069° or 113° 8′ 27″ east
Open location code
8P6MC43R+27
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritage
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Dengfeng Observatory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرصد غاوتشينغ الفلكي”
- Asturian: “Observatoriu de Gaocheng”
- Catalan: “Observatori de Gaocheng”
- Chinese: “河南登封观星台”
- Chinese: “登封觀星台”
- Chinese: “登封观星台”
- Chinese: “观星台”
- Dutch: “Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد جاوتشينج الفلكى”
- French: “observatoire astronomique de Dengfeng”
- French: “Observatoire astronomique de Gaocheng”
- French: “observatoire de Dengfeng”
- French: “observatoire de Gaocheng”
- German: “Altes Observatorium von Dengfang”
- German: “Dengfeng gu guanxiangtai”
- German: “Dengfeng guanxiangtai”
- German: “Dengfeng-Observatorium”
- German: “Gaocheng-Observatorium”
- German: “Observatorium von Dengfang”
- Indonesian: “Observatorium Astronomi Gaocheng”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Gaocheng”
- Japanese: “登封観星台”
- Persian: “رصدخانه نجومی گائوچنگ”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Гаочэн”
- Slovak: “Observatórium Kao-čcheng”
- Slovenian: “Observatorij Dengfeng”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Gaocheng”
- Tajik: “Расадхонаи ахтаршиносии Гоученг”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Ґаочен”
- Urdu: “گاؤچینگ فلکیاتی رصدگاہ”
- Vietnamese: “Đài quan sát Đăng Phong Quan”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Đăng Phong”
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