Green Bank, West Virginia

E31705
census-designated place unincorporated community

Green Bank, West Virginia is a small town in Pocahontas County best known as a major center for radio astronomy and the site of the pioneering SETI experiment Project Ozma.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Green Bank 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode 304 ⓘ
681 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Pocahontas County, West Virginia ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1554600 ⓘ
governingBody Pocahontas County ⓘ
surface form: Pocahontas County Commission
hasAttraction Green Bank Science Center ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity scientific tourism ⓘ
hasEducationalOutreach public observatory tours ⓘ
hasFacility Green Bank Observatory ⓘ
Green Bank Telescope ⓘ
hasMajorRoad U.S. Route 250 NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Virginia Route 28 ⓘ
hasNearbyRailway Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad ⓘ
hasRestriction limitations on wireless devices ⓘ
hasScientificActivity radio astronomy research ⓘ
search for extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ
knownFor Green Bank Observatory ⓘ
National Radio Quiet Zone ⓘ
Project Ozma ⓘ
radio astronomy ⓘ
locatedIn Allegheny Mountains ⓘ
Appalachia ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian region

National Radio Quiet Zone ⓘ
surface form: United States National Radio Quiet Zone
locatedNear Durbin, West Virginia ⓘ
Marlinton, West Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter Green Bank (local land feature) ⓘ
near Monongahela National Forest ⓘ
partOf National Radio Quiet Zone ⓘ
postalCode 24944 ⓘ
regulates radio frequency interference ⓘ
siteOf Project Ozma ⓘ
early SETI experiments ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
UTCOffsetDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ
UTCOffsetStandard UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Project Ozma → conductedAt → Green Bank, West Virginia ⓘ
Pocahontas County → contains → Green Bank, West Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green Bank
National Radio Astronomy Observatory → hasFacility → Green Bank, West Virginia ⓘ
85-foot Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope → locatedIn → Green Bank, West Virginia ⓘ
Green Bank Observatory → locatedIn → Green Bank, West Virginia ⓘ