Number One Observatory Circle

Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in , it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory".
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  • Government office
  • …is operated by the Department of the Navy
  • …dates from 1893
  • Description: official residence of the vice president of the United States
  • Address: 1 Observatory Circle Northwest

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Embassy of Finland and Georgetown University.
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is a government office, which is situated 550 feet north of Number One Observatory Circle.
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is a private Jesuit research university in , United States. is situated 1 mile southwest of Number One Observatory Circle.
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in , is the… is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Number One Observatory Circle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Massachusetts Avenue Heights and Glover Park.
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is a neighborhood in , located in Northwest D.C.

Number One Observatory Circle

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Latitude
38.92301° or 38° 55′ 23″ north
Longitude
-77.06548° or 77° 3′ 56″ west
Open location code
87C4WWFM+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 67829158
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Wiki­data ID
Q1783821

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Number One Observatory Circle” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Arabic: “دائرة المرصد رقم واحد”
  • Asturian: “Rotonda del Observatoriu númberu 1”
  • Bengali: “নাম্বার ওয়ান অবজারভেটরি সার্কেল”
  • Catalan: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Catalan: “Rotonda de l’Observatori número 1”
  • Chinese: “天文台一号圈”
  • Chinese: “天文台一號圈”
  • Chinese: “天文台圈一号”
  • Chinese: “天文台环路一号”
  • Chinese: “天文臺一號圈”
  • Chinese: “天文臺圈一號”
  • Chinese: “天文臺環路一號”
  • Czech: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Dutch: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Estonian: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Finnish: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • French: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • German: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Hebrew: “מעגל מצפה הכוכבים מס‘ 1”
  • Hebrew: “מעגל מצפה הכוכבים מס’ 1”
  • Italian: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Italian: “Numbre One Observatory Circle”
  • Japanese: “オブザーバトリー・サークル1番地”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Norwegian: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rotonda de l’Observatòri numèro 1”
  • Panjabi: “ਨੰਬਰ ਵੱਨ ਆਬਜ਼ਰਵੇਟਰੀ ਸਰਕਲ”
  • Persian: “شماره یک میدان رصدخانه”
  • Polish: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Portuguese: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Russian: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Номер Один”
  • Slovenian: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Spanish: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Spanish: “One Observatory Circle”
  • Spanish: “Residencia del vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Rotonda del Observatorio numero 1”
  • Spanish: “Rotonda del Observatorio número 1”
  • Swedish: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Ukrainian: “Number One Observatory Circle”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài Quan sát Một”
  • Vietnamese: “Số một Đường vòng quanh Đài quan sát”

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