Struve Geodetic Arc

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Struve Geodetic Arc*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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State Party

Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
Image:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania

Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Image:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iv, vi
Reference 1187
Region† Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 2005  (29th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
† Region as classified by UNESCO.

The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km. The chain was established and used by the German-born Russian scientist Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve in the years 1816 to 1855 to establish the exact size and shape of the earth. At that time, the chain passed merely through two countries: Sweden-Norway and the Russian Empire. In 2005, the chain was inscribed on the World Heritage List.

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[edit] Chain

[edit] Norway

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Finland

  • Stuor-Oivi (currently Stuorrahanoaivi) in Enontekiö (Enontekis in Swedish)
  • Avasaksa (currently Aavasaksa) in Ylitornio (Övertorneå in Swedish)
  • Tornea (currently Alatornion kirkko) in Tornio (Torneå in Swedish)
  • Puolakka (currently Oravivuori) in Korpilahti
  • Porlom II (currently Tornikallio) in Lapinjärvi (Lappträsk in Swedish)
  • Svartvira (currently Mustaviiri) in Pyhtää (Pyttis in Swedish)

[edit] Russia

  • "Mäki-päälys" (Mäkinpäällys) in Hogland
  • "Hogland, Z" (Gogland, Tochka Z) also in Hogland

[edit] Estonia

  • "Woibifer" (Võivere) in Avanduse
  • "Katko" (Simuna) in Avanduse
  • "Dorpat" (Tartu observatory) in Tartu

[edit] Latvia

  • "Sestu-Kalns" (Ziestu) in Sausneja
  • "Jacobstadt" (Jekabpils) in Jekabpils

[edit] Lithuania

  • "Karischki" (Gireišiai) in Panemunėlis
  • "Meschkanzi" (Meškonys) in Nemenčinė
  • "Beresnäki" (Paliepiukai) in Nemėžis

[edit] Belarus

[edit] Moldova

  • "Rudi" in Rudi

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] External links

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World Heritage Sites in Belarus
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World Heritage Sites in Estonia

Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries)

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World Heritage Sites in Finland

Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki · Fortress of Suomenlinna · High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (with Sweden) · Old Rauma · Petäjävesi Old Church · Verla Groundwood and Board Mill · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries)

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World Heritage Sites in Latvia

Historic Centre of Riga · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries)

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World Heritage Sites in Lithuania

Curonian Spit (with Russia) · Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries) · Vilnius Historic Center

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World Heritage Sites in Moldova

Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries)

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World Heritage Sites in Norway

Bryggen · Rock Art of Alta · Røros Mining Town · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries) · Urnes Stave Church · Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago · West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

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World Heritage Sites in Russia

Central Sikhote-Alin · Curonian Spit (with Lithuania) · Ferapontov Monastery · Golden Mountains of Altai · Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye · Kazan Kremlin · Kizhi Pogost · Lake Baikal · Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent · Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings · Moscow Kremlin and Red Square · Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent · Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments · Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries) · Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad · Uvs Nuur Basin (with Mongolia) · Virgin Komi Forests · Volcanoes of Kamchatka · Western Caucasus · White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal · Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve · Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl

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World Heritage Sites in Sweden

Agricultural Landscape of Stora Alvaret (Southern Öland) · Birka and Hovgården · Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå · Engelsberg Ironworks · High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (with Finland) · Naval Port of Karlskrona · Laponian Area · Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain, Falun · Rock Carvings in Tanum · Royal Domain of Drottningholm · Skogskyrkogården · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries) · Varberg Radio Station (Grimeton VLF transmitter) · Hanseatic Town of Visby

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World Heritage Sites in Ukraine

Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings / Kiev-Pechersk Lavra · L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre  · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries)  · Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (with Slovakia)

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