Big Solar Furnace

The solar furnace of Uzbekistan was built in 1981, and is located 45 kilometers away from city, in , . The furnace is the largest in .
Wikipedia
Photo: German Stimban, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: College
  • Description: Large solar furnace near Parkent, Uzbekistan
  • Also known as: “Institute of the Sun”, “O’zR Fanlar Akademiyasi Materialshunoslik instituti”, “Solar furnace of Uzbekistan”, and “Sun Heliocomplex”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parkent.

Town
Photo: Shuhrataxmedov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , . It is the capital of . Its population is 60,200. It is home to the Solar furnace of Uzbekistan which is the largest solar furnace in the world by mirror surface area. is situated 6 km southwest of Big Solar Furnace.

Big Solar Furnace

Latitude
41.31465° or 41° 18′ 53″ north
Longitude
69.74057° or 69° 44′ 26″ east
Inception
1981
Open location code
8JHF8P7R+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 993226162
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­college
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q3080009
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Uzbek—“Big Solar Furnace” goes by many names.
  • French: “Four solaire de Parkent”
  • German: “Sonnenofen von Parkent”
  • Indonesian: “Tungku surya di Uzbekistan”
  • Persian: “کوره خورشیدی ازبکستان”
  • Russian: “Гелиокомплекс «Солнце»”
  • Russian: “Солнце”
  • Spanish: “Horno solar de Uzbekistán”
  • Uzbek: “Katta quyosh pechi”
  • Uzbek: “Oʻzbekiston Fanlar akademiyasining Katta quyosh pechi”
  • “Big Solar Furnace”
  • “Large Solar Furnace”
  • “Гелиокомплекс «Солнце»”
  • “солнечная печь”

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