Struve Geodetic Arc

Local nameStruves meridianbue
LocationHammerfest, Norway

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 kilometres, which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian arc.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 three countries: Norway, Sweden and the Russian Empire. The Arc's first point is located in Tartu Observatory in Estonia, where Struve conducted much of his research. Measurement of the triangulation chain comprises 258 main triangles and 265 geodetic vertices. The northernmost point is located near Hammerfest in Norway and the southernmost point near the Black Sea in Ukraine.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struve_Geodetic_Arc

UNESCO website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1187

Address 31 Strandgata, Hammerfest 9600, Norway

Coordinates 70°39'50" N 23°41'24" E

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