Struve Geodetic Arc
Also known as Arc de Struve, Arc geodesique de Struve
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).
Region
Europe and North America
Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine
Inscribed
2005
List reference
1187
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Struve Geodetic Arc is about 35 km north-west of Pinsk. The nearest other World Heritage site is Radziwill Complex, Nesvizh, about 130 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Pinsk · about 131,000 peopleabout 35 km south-east
- Baranavichy · about 169,000 peopleabout 100 km north
- Brest · about 301,000 peopleabout 130 km west
- Kovel · about 71,000 peopleabout 140 km south-west
- Lutsk · about 214,000 peopleabout 170 km south
- Lida · about 100,000 peopleabout 180 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
BelarusCultural125 km away
Belarus, PolandNatural126 km away
BelarusCultural141 km away
PolandCultural240 km away
LithuaniaCultural267 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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