Struve Geodetic Arc
The Struve Geodetic Arc was measured from 1816 to 1855 under the direction of Friedrich George Wilhelm Struve. It follows longitude east 25° fairly close for over 2,820 kilometres, stretching from northern Norway to the Black Sea.The designated area of the Arc consists of 34 stations, spanning 10 countries.
Named after individual people . Arctic . Scientific Developments .
Reviews
Sazanami (Japan): 
I've been to four sites(Alatornio kirko,Aavasaksa,Dorpat observatory and JACOBSTADT point).
It's scientific interest,but almost sites are difficult to get.
Thus the more these are difficult to get,the more emotional when found.Struve Geodetic Arc is so.
When I've been to the Dorpat Observatory in Tartu,Estonia,it isn't open for public.
But the workers to restore the architecture allowed me to see inside and climb the ladder up to the top so that I could see over the view of city of Tartu. Date posted: February 2006
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- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Year: 2005
- Country: Ukraine Sweden Russia Norway Lithuania Latvia Finland Belarus Estonia Moldova
- Category: Secular structure, Educational
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Reasons for inscription
News and links:
» Biography of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve.
» Website by the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG).
» National Land Survey of Finland presents the Struve Geodetic Arc in Finland.