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Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope

former observatory in Cape Town, South Africa, and headquarters of the South African Astronomical Observatory
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Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
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Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope

Summary

Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope is an astronomical observatory[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_observatory category, ranking #54 of 345).[2]

Key Facts

  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope is located in City of Cape Town[3].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's image is recorded as Main building of Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.jpg[5].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's instance of is recorded as astronomical observatory[6].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's instance of is recorded as headquarters[7].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122856051[8].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128347122[9].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83223936[10].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's location is recorded as Observatory[11].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's part of is recorded as South African Astronomical Observatory[12].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's Commons category is recorded as Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope[13].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's has part is recorded as SAAO Library[14].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -33.93436111111111, 'lon': 18.47738888888889}[15].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j12lr0[16].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's Minor Planet Center observatory code is recorded as 051[17].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+15'}[18].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's BabelNet ID is recorded as 14456263n[19].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779818572[20].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's CoBiS author ID is recorded as dxgq8vtd6rukae1d5mpjub9d5mpjub8[21].
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/e30c0fe4-41f0-4feb-9746-a39a1ad9815e[22].

Body

Identity

Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope's part of is recorded as South African Astronomical Observatory[12].

Why It Matters

Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_observatory category, ranking #54 of 345).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

South Africa South African Astronomical Observatory

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Observatory
    Has part(s) → SAAO Library
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+15'}
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Building", "RoyalObservatoryGreenwich::gc32h"]
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "RoyalObservatoryGreenwich::gc32h"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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