Menara Alor Setar
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Menara Alor Setar
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| Place: | Alor Setar | ||||||
| State: | Kedah | ||||||
| Country: | Malaysia | ||||||
| Altitude : | 16 m | ||||||
| Coordinates: 6 ° 7 ′ 27.9 ″ N , 100 ° 22 ′ 3.2 ″ E | |||||||
| Use: | TV tower , telecommunications tower , broadcasting station , restaurant , observation tower , base jumping | ||||||
| Accessibility: | TV tower open to the public | ||||||
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| Construction time : | 1995-1998 | ||||||
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| Operating time: | since 1998 | ||||||
| Total height : | 165.5 m | ||||||
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| Send type: | Directional radio | ||||||
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The Menara Alor Setar is a 165.5 meter high television tower in Alor Setar in the state of Kedah, Malaysia . The construction costs of the tower, opened in 1998, amounted to 40 million ringgit . A viewing platform at 88 meters is accessible to the public. In addition to a restaurant, it also houses shops. Architecturally, the tower leans on the Space Needle in Seattle , whose splayed shape of the shaft tapers like a waist and widens again towards the tower cage.
It is the second tallest television tower in the country after the Menara Kuala Lumpur . There is a jump station for base jumpers on the roof of the tower cage at a height of 105 meters .