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indicates a structure that is no longer standing. For all structures the pinnacle height is given, so the height of skyscrapers may be different from the values at List of tallest buildings in the world. Structures under construction are included in the main list if their current height is over 350 metres (1,148 ft). #
The Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan has been the tallest tower since 2012.. This list includes extant structures that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support."
Since it does not require land area from which to anchor guy lines, towers are more commonly used in cities where land is in short supply. [a] The Tokyo Skytree was, in 2012, the tallest freestanding tower in the world. There are a few borderline designs that are partly free-standing and partly guyed, called additionally guyed towers. Examples:
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The Zone of Avoidance (ZOA, ZoA), or Zone of Galactic Obscuration (ZGO), [1] [2] is the area of the sky that is obscured by the Milky Way. [ 3 ] The Zone of Avoidance was originally called the Zone of Few Nebulae in an 1878 paper by English astronomer Richard Proctor that referred to the distribution of " nebulae " in John Herschel 's General ...
An aerial tramway consists of one or two fixed cables (called track cables), one loop of cable (called a haulage rope), and one or two passenger or cargo cabins.The fixed cables provide support for the cabins while the haulage rope, by means of a grip, is solidly connected to the truck (the wheel set that rolls on the track cables).
A long-closed plot of land under the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened to the public after 15 years — restoring another slice of greenspace for one of the city’s most crowded neighborhoods.