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. The Arc's first point is located in Tartu Observatory, where Struve conducted much of his research. In 2005, the chain was inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Measurement of the triangulation chain took place between 1816
and 1855. It 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.
Chain
- Fuglenes in Hammerfest
- Raipas in Alta
- Luvdiidcohkka in Kautokeino
- Baelljasvarri in Kautokeino
- "Pajtas-vaara" (Tynnyrilaki) in Kiruna
- "Kerrojupukka" (Jupukka) in Pajala
- Pullinki in Övertorneå
- "Perra-vaara" (Perävaara) in Haparanda
- "Mäki-päälys" (Mäkinpäällys) in Hogland
- "Hogland, Z" (Gogland, Tochka Z) in Hogland ()
- "Woibifer" (Võivere) in Avanduse
- "Katko" (Simuna) in Avanduse
- "Dorpat" (Tartu Observatory) in Tartu. ()
- "Sestu-Kalns" (Ziestu) in Sausneja
- "Jacobstadt" (Jekabpils) in Jekabpils
- "Karischki" (Gireišiai) in Panemunėlis ()
- "Meschkanzi" (Meškonys) in Nemenčinė
()
- "Beresnäki" (Paliepiukai) in Nemėžis ()
- "Tupischki" (Tupishki) in Oshmyany district ()
- "Lopati" (Lopaty) in Zelva district ()
- "Ossownitza" (Ossovnitsa) in Ivanovo district ()
- "Tchekutsk" (Chekutsk) in Ivanovo district ()
- "Leskowitschi" (Leskovichi) in Ivanovo district ()
- "Rudi" near Rudi village, Soroca district ()
- Katerinowka in Antonivka,
Khmelnytsky Oblast ( )
- Felschtin in Hvardiiske, Khmelnytsky Oblast ( )
- Baranowka in Baranivka, Khmelnytsky Oblast ( )
- Staro-Nekrassowka (Stara Nekrasivka) in Nekrasivka, Odessa
Oblast ( )
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