Where on the island of Cyprus is a really large satellite dish?

May 7, 2008 7:18 AM

CyprusFilter: Where on the island of Cyprus are these large satellite antennas located? They belong to CYTA, the telecommunications authority of Cyprus.

I know the antennas are somewhere in the Makarios area but cannot seem to locate them by Google Earth. Can someone familiar with Cyprus find the antennas and give me their latitude/longitude? I imagine the biggest dish is a noteworthy landmark if anyone lives near it.

Note: This is a commercial teleport, not the UK military/RAF facility near Episkopi which is located at 34°41'12.54"N x 32°50'48.30"E.

posted by thewalrus to Technology (6 answers total)

Going to bed, so no time to persue this further, but does this help?
At the MAKARIOS Satellite Earth Station site, which is located 38km south of Nicosia...
posted by Busy Old Fool at 8:08 AM on May 7, 2008

Here, I think.
posted by Who_Am_I at 8:26 AM on May 7, 2008

The PDF here has small map on page 8 that may narrow it down for you.
posted by pmbuko at 8:45 AM on May 7, 2008

Best answer: Mine points to 34 48'06"N x 33 22'17"E BTW.
posted by Who_Am_I at 9:51 AM on May 7, 2008

This is definitely in Nicosia. This is used as a turnaround point for European to Asian satellites and vice versa.
posted by gogomickey at 1:31 PM on May 7, 2008

Response by poster: I found it, it's at:

34°51'37.73"N

33°22'55.81"E


Who_Am_I located a smaller facility further south, I'm not sure what it is, appears to be one large dish and a couple of smaller ones.
posted by thewalrus at 4:30 AM on May 9, 2008