Struve Geodetic Arc

Struve Geodetic Arc

UNESCO World Heritage Site
The northernmost station of the Struve Geodetic Arc is located in Fuglenes, Norway.
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iv, vi
Reference	1187
Inscription	2005 (29th Session)

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.

Chain

Map of the Struve Geodetic Arc. The red points are the World Heritage Sites.

Norway

• Fuglenes in Hammerfest
• Raipas in Alta
• Luvdiidcohkka in Kautokeino
• Baelljasvarri in Kautokeino

Sweden

• "Pajtas-vaara" (Tynnyrilaki) in Kiruna
• "Kerrojupukka" (Jupukka) in Pajala
• Pullinki in Övertorneå
• "Perra-vaara" (Perävaara) in Haparanda

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)

Russia

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

Estonia

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

Latvia

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

Lithuania

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

Belarus

• "Tupischki" (Tupishki) in Oshmyany district (54°17′29″N 26°2′43″E)
• "Lopati" (Lopaty) in Zelva district (53°33′37″N 24°52′11″E)
• "Ossownitza" (Ossovnitsa) in Ivanovo district (52°17′21″N 25°38′58″E)
• "Tchekutsk" (Chekutsk) in Ivanovo district (52°12′55″N 25°33′12″E)
• "Leskowitschi" (Leskovichi) in Ivanovo district (52°9′38″N 25°34′17″E)

Moldova

• "Rudi" in Rudi

Ukraine

• Katerinowka in Antonivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast (49°33′57″N 26°45′22″E )
• Felschtin in Hvardiiske, Khmelnytsky Oblast (49°19′48″N 26°40′55″E )
• Baranowka in Baranivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast (49°08′55″N 26°59′30″E )
• Staro-Nekrassowka (Stara Nekrasivka) in Nekrasivka, Odessa Oblast (45°19′54″N 28°55′41″E )

External links

• Listing on UNESCO website
• A UNESCO article about the chain
• FIG - Proposal to UNESCO for the Struve Geodetic Arc to become a World Heritage Monument
• J.R. Smith. The Struve Geodetic Arc