Saint Petersburg TV Tower (Saint Petersburg)
Russia /
Sankt Petersburg /
Saint Petersburg /
ulitsa Akademika Pavlova, 3 Е
World
/ Russia
/ Sankt Petersburg
/ Saint Petersburg
, 4 km from center (Санкт-Петербург)
World / Russia / Leningrad
television / radio transmission tower, interesting place, 1962_construction
Saint Petersburg Television Tower is a 326 m (1,070 ft) Russian steel lattice television tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Being the first dedicated television tower in the Soviet Union, the Saint Petersburg TV Tower is utilized for transmitting for FM-/TV-broadcasting throughout the federal city.
The Saint Petersburg TV Tower's construction commenced in 1962. Upon its completion in the same year, the tower was, and is, considered the first dedicated television tower to have ever served the Soviet Union, transmitting FM-/TV-broadcasting ever since.
The Saint Petersburg TV Tower is a truss tower made up of steel, making it one of the sturdiest as well. Being a dual-purpose tower, the Saint Petersburg TV Tower features an observation platform at a height of 191 m (627 ft), thus, being an observation tower at the same time. In addition, the tower possesses an antenna necessary for transmission at a height of 310 m (1,017 ft). After installing a new antenna in June 2011, tower reached height of 326 m (1,070 ft). In terms of height records, the Saint Petersburg TV Tower is considered as the second-tallest tower after the concrete Ostankino Tower and the tallest lattice tower in Russia, possessing a total height of 326 m (1,070 ft). In addition, the Saint Petersburg TV Tower ranks as the eleventh-tallest lattice tower in the world, the second-tallest television tower, and the tallest lattice television tower in the whole of the Russian Federation (see list of tallest towers in the world).
The Saint Petersburg TV Tower's construction commenced in 1962. Upon its completion in the same year, the tower was, and is, considered the first dedicated television tower to have ever served the Soviet Union, transmitting FM-/TV-broadcasting ever since.
The Saint Petersburg TV Tower is a truss tower made up of steel, making it one of the sturdiest as well. Being a dual-purpose tower, the Saint Petersburg TV Tower features an observation platform at a height of 191 m (627 ft), thus, being an observation tower at the same time. In addition, the tower possesses an antenna necessary for transmission at a height of 310 m (1,017 ft). After installing a new antenna in June 2011, tower reached height of 326 m (1,070 ft). In terms of height records, the Saint Petersburg TV Tower is considered as the second-tallest tower after the concrete Ostankino Tower and the tallest lattice tower in Russia, possessing a total height of 326 m (1,070 ft). In addition, the Saint Petersburg TV Tower ranks as the eleventh-tallest lattice tower in the world, the second-tallest television tower, and the tallest lattice television tower in the whole of the Russian Federation (see list of tallest towers in the world).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_TV_Tower
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 59°58'35"N 30°19'15"E
- Anjalankoski TV Mast 197 km
- Kerimäki TV Mast 232 km
- Tiirismaa transmitter 287 km
- Espoo Radio & TV broadcast mast 316 km
- Kuopio TV Mast 341 km
- Teisko TV Mast 397 km
- TV tower 423 km
- Lipinbor TV Mast 423 km
- Rybinsk TV Mast 512 km
- Radio and TV tower 615 km
- Residental area under construction 0.3 km
- Institute of Experimental Medicine 0.5 km
- V. Ul'yanov-Lenin LETI Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University 0.5 km
- Aptekarsky Ostrov Municipal Okrug 0.7 km
- Aptekarsky Island 0.8 km
- Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden 0.8 km
- Sampsoniyevskoye Municipal Okrug 1.4 km
- Vyborgskaya Storona (historical area) 1.6 km
- Petrogradsky District 2.9 km
- Vyborgsky District 8.4 km
Residental area under construction
Institute of Experimental Medicine
V. Ul'yanov-Lenin LETI Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University
Aptekarsky Ostrov Municipal Okrug
Aptekarsky Island
Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden
Sampsoniyevskoye Municipal Okrug
Vyborgskaya Storona (historical area)
Petrogradsky District
Vyborgsky District