Menara Syahbandar (Former Jakarta Port Authority's Lookout Tower) (Jakarta)

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 museum, historical building, lookout tower
Menara Syahbandar (The Watch Tower).
The Watch Tower / De Uitkijk (1839) built on V.O.C.-bastion Culemborg (1645).
In the Dutch East Indies the transit of Venus was observed from fifteen ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy angored at eleven different harbours along the archipelago, as well as by observers on the main land located at Batavia, Buitenzorg and Penoengalan. At Batavia F W Hudig observed the transit from the meteorological station Uitkijk. Today this watch tower is called Menara Syahbandar and can still be visited.

Located at:
Luar Batang, Penjaringan, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Wikipedia article: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menara_Syahbandar
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Coordinates:   6°7'39"S   106°48'32"E
This article was last modified 10 years ago