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Пам'ятний знак "Дуга Струве"
Пам'ятний знак "Дуга Струве"
A memorial sign at the southern tip of the Struve Arc is often called "Monument meridian. Struve Geodetic Arc - a network of 265 triangulation points, representing an incorporated into the land of stone cubes with an edge length of 2 meters. Length of arc - more than 2820 km. It extends from the Arctic coast near Cape Nord-Cap to the mouth of the Danube. Created in 1816-55 years. Academician V. Struve to determine the shape and size of the Earth. At the two-meter square column whose top is decorated with the double-headed eagle, inscribed: "South predel arc meridіana 25 ° 20 ot the Danube river to the ocean Ledovitago Rossіyu by the hand, and Shvetsіyu Norvegіyu. By povelenіyu Avgusteyshih Monarhov Imperatorov Alexander I, Nicholas I and the King Oscar I. Continuing laboring unto 1816 and 1852 measured Geometers treh the nations. Latitude 45 ° 20'28'' This is one of the few remaining signs, which was marked "Struve Geodetic Arc."