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  2. Omega (navigation system) - Wikipedia

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    Omega (navigation system) based on NASA Worldwind-globe [1] - location of Omega-transmitter A in Norway (distances) Omega could determine position to a precision of ±2.2 km (1.4 mi). Later radio navigation systems were more accurate. OMEGA was the first global-range radio navigation system, operated by the United States in cooperation with six ...

  3. VLF Transmitter Woodside - Wikipedia

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    VLF Transmitter Woodside. /  38.48111°S 146.93528°E  / -38.48111; 146.93528. Woodside Omega Transmitter near Woodside, Victoria, Australia, was a transmission tower that was completed in 1982 and demolished in 2015. Until its demolition, it was the tallest object in the Southern Hemisphere .

  4. Naval Radio Transmitter Facility LaMoure - Wikipedia

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    Naval Radio Transmitter Facility LaMoure ( NRTF LaMoure) is a United States Navy installation located about 3 km west of LaMoure, North Dakota. The site uses a former OMEGA Navigation System station as a VLF transmitter for communications with the US submarine fleet. Commander Blake Wayne Van Leer lead the construction and opening of the site.

  5. Omega Tower Trelew - Wikipedia

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    Omega Tower Trelew. /  43.05361°S 65.19083°W  / -43.05361; -65.19083. Trelew Omega Transmitter (station F) situated at Golfo Nuevo, 40 km outside Trelew, Argentina at 43.053553°S 65.190781°W was a grounded 366m high steel guyed mast antenna, which was the tallest construction in South America. It was demolished on June 23, 1998, by ...

  6. List of tallest structures - Wikipedia

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    5. KRDK-TV mast. The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at 828 m (2,717 ft). Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower ), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower ), oil platforms, electricity transmission towers, and bridge support towers.

  7. List of tallest structures in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The current tallest buildings and structures in Australia.. Formerly, the tallest structure in Australia was the Omega Navigational Mast Woodside in Woodside, Victoria.The Omega Tower was demolished by Liberty Industrial on behalf of the Department of Defence on 22 April 2015 following the death of a young base jumper in 2014 after his parachute failed to open.

  8. List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The tallest building in Los Angeles, California is the Wilshire Grand Center, which is 1,100 feet (335.3 m) tall and became the city's tallest building in 2017. It is also the tallest building in the state, the tallest building in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River, as well as the 15th-tallest building in the U.S. overall.

  9. Lotte World Tower - Wikipedia

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    Lotte World Tower (Korean: 롯데월드타워), is a 123-story, 555 m (1,821 ft) supertall skyscraper, located in Sincheon-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is the sixth-tallest building in the world , the tallest in OECD countries, and also the first in South Korea to be over 100 stories tall.