Sobaeksan Observatory

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  • Type: Building
  • Description: location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events
  • Also known as: “astronomijos observatorija”, “astronominė observatorija”, “Astronomisk observatorium”, “Astronomiske observatorier”, “Astronoomiaobservatoorium”, “nástetoardna”, “observatorier”, “Observatorier”, “observatories”, “Observatoriet”, “observatorio astronómico”, “observatorios”, “observatorios astronómicos”, “observatory”, “Observatory”, “obsevatwa”, “opazovalnica”, “publiekssterrenwacht”, “rasathane”, “Rumobservatorium”, “Solobservatorium”, “Specula astronomica”, “stelobservejo”, “Sternwarte”, “sterrenwacht”, “tähtitorni”, “täsnitornâ”, “астрономическа обсерватория”, “астрономічна обсерваторія”, “астрономска опсерваторија”, “набљудувачница”, “обсерватории”, “обсерваторија”, “обсерваторії і інститути астрономічні”, “מיצפה”, “رصد خانه”, “نپاهشگاه”, “दूरबीनशाला”, “દૂરબીનશાળા”, “ഒബസെർവേറ്ററി”, “ഒബ്സെർവേറ്ററി”, “വാനനിലയങ്ങൾ”, “소백산천문대”, “觀測站”, and “观测站”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Punggi-eup and Sunheung-myeon.

Town
is a town in , , . is situated 7 km southeast of Sobaeksan Observatory.

Town
Sunheung is a township administered as part of the… is situated 9 km east of Sobaeksan Observatory.

Photo: mhambleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, formerly romanized as Tanyang, is a resort town in , .

Sobaeksan Observatory

Latitude
36.93446° or 36° 56′ 4″ north
Longitude
128.45692° or 128° 27′ 25″ east
Open location code
8Q8CWFM4+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 786403435
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q62832
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sobaeksan Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “sterrewag”
  • Albanian: “Observatori”
  • Arabic: “مرصد”
  • Armenian: “աստղադիտարան”
  • Armenian: “Աստղադիտարան”
  • Asturian: “observatoriu”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu”
  • Azerbaijani: “rəsədxana”
  • Bashkir: “обсерватория”
  • Bashkir: “Обсерватория”
  • Basque: “behatoki”
  • Basque: “Behatoki”
  • Belarusian: “абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “абсэрваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Абсэрваторыя”
  • Bengali: “মানমন্দির”
  • Bosnian: “opservatorija”
  • Breton: “arsellva”
  • Bulgarian: “обсерватория”
  • Bulgarian: “Обсерватория”
  • Burmese: “နက္ခတ်တာရာကြည့်မျှော်စင်”
  • Catalan: “observatori”
  • Catalan: “Observatori”
  • Chinese: “觀測台”
  • Chinese: “觀測臺”
  • Chinese: “观测台”
  • Cornish: “mirji”
  • Croatian: “opservatorij”
  • Croatian: “Opservatorij”
  • Czech: “observatoř”
  • Czech: “Observatoř”
  • Danish: “observatorium”
  • Danish: “Observatorium”
  • Dimli (individual language): “banê çımnayışi”
  • Dutch: “observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Sterrenwacht”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد فلكى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد”
  • Esperanto: “observatorio”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio”
  • Estonian: “observatoorium”
  • Estonian: “Observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “observatorio”
  • Finnish: “Observatorio”
  • French: “observatoire”
  • French: “Observatoire”
  • Galician: “observatorio”
  • Galician: “Observatorio”
  • Georgian: “ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Observatorium”
  • Greek: “αστεροσκοπείο”
  • Gujarati: “વેધશાળા”
  • Haitian: “obsèvatwa”
  • Haitian: “Obsèvatwa”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה”
  • Hindi: “वेधशाला”
  • Hungarian: “obszervatórium”
  • Hungarian: “Obszervatórium”
  • Ido: “observatorio”
  • Inari Sami: “observatorio”
  • Indonesian: “observatorium”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium”
  • Irish: “faireachlann”
  • Italian: “osservatorio”
  • Japanese: “観測所”
  • Japanese: “観測施設”
  • Javanese: “observatorium”
  • Javanese: “Observatorium”
  • Kannada: “ವೇಧಶಾಲೆ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “observatoriya”
  • Kazakh: “обсерватория”
  • Kazakh: “Обсерватория”
  • Kirghiz: “обсерватория”
  • Kirghiz: “Обсерватория”
  • Korean: “관측소”
  • Kurdish: “çavdêrîxane”
  • Kurdish: “Çavdêrîxane”
  • Latin: “Observatorium”
  • Latvian: “observatorija”
  • Latvian: “Observatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “observatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “опсерваторија”
  • Macedonian: “Опсерваторија”
  • Malay: “balai cerap”
  • Malay: “Balai cerap”
  • Malay: “بالاي چرڤ”
  • Malayalam: “വാനനിലയം”
  • Marathi: “वेधशाळा”
  • Northern Sami: “observatoria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “observatorium”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “observatorium”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Observatorium”
  • Norwegian: “Observatorium”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “observatòri”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Observatòri”
  • Ossetian: “обсерватори”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه”
  • Polish: “obserwatorium”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium”
  • Portuguese: “observatório”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório”
  • Romanian: “observator astronomic”
  • Russian: “обсерватория”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория”
  • Scots: “observatory”
  • Serbian: “опсерваторија”
  • Serbian: “Опсерваторија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “opservatorij”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opservatorij”
  • Shan: “ႁေႃလၢင်းတူၺ်းၼၵ်ႈၶၢတ်ႈ”
  • Sicilian: “ossirvatoriu”
  • Skolt Sami: “täʹsnnjueʹlǧǧ”
  • Slovak: “observatórium”
  • Slovak: “Observatórium”
  • Slovenian: “observatorij”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij”
  • Southern Sami: “observatorijume”
  • Spanish: “observatorio”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio”
  • Swedish: “observatorium”
  • Swedish: “Observatorium”
  • Tagalog: “obserbatoryo”
  • Tagalog: “Obserbatoryo”
  • Tajik: “расадхона”
  • Tamil: “நோக்காய்வகம்”
  • Tatar: “обсерватория”
  • Tatar: “Обсерватория”
  • Telugu: “ఖగోళ వేధశాల”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาว”
  • Turkish: “gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія”
  • Urdu: “رصد گاہ”
  • Urdu: “رصدگاہ”
  • Uzbek: “rasadxona”
  • Uzbek: “Rasadxona”
  • Venetian: “oservatòrio”
  • Vietnamese: “đài thiên văn”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Obserbatoryo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “observatoryo”
  • Welsh: “arsyllfa”
  • Western Armenian: “աստղադիտարան”
  • Western Armenian: “Աստղադիտարան”
  • Western Panjabi: “رصد گاہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “观测台”
  • Yiddish: “אבסערוואטאריע”
  • Yue Chinese: “觀象臺”

Notable Places Nearby

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