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McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Khajeh Nasiredin Observatory ~1980 Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
Kamioka Observatory 1983 Hida, Gifu, Japan
Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory 1943 Villach, Austria
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory 1960 Jena, Germany
Keck Observatory 1993 Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA
Keeble Observatory 1963 Ashland, Virginia, USA
Kennon Observatory 1939 Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Kepler Space Observatory (probably defunct) 2009 Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit
Kevola Observatory 1963 Kevola, Finland
Kielder Observatory 2008 Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Kirkwood Observatory 1901 Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Kitami Observatory Hokkaid, Japan
Kitt Peak National Observatory 1958 Tucson, Arizona, USA
Klet' Observatory 1957 Ceske Bud jovice, Czech Rebublic
Kodaikanal Solar Observatory 1899 Palani, Tamil Nadu, India
Konkoly Observatory 1871 Budapest, Hungary
KOSMA observatory 1985-2010 Gornergrat, Switzerland
Kuffner observatory 1884 Austria
Kuiper Airborne Observatory (retired) 1974 14 km in the stratosphere
Kvistaberg Observatory Sweden
Kyung Hee Observatory 1992 Seoul, South Korea

L

24" Clark Telescope Dome at Lowell Observatory
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble 2001 Grenoble, France
Observatorio de La Cañada (La Cañada Observatory) 2002 Ávila, Spain
Ladd Observatory 1891 Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Lake Afton Public Observatory 1979 Wichita, Kansas, USA
Lamont-Hussey Observatory (defunct) 1928 Bloemfontein, South Africa
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl 1898 Königstuhl, Heidelberg, Germany
La Plata Astronomical Observatory 1883 La Plata, Argentina
La Silla Observatory 1969 Atacama Desert, Chile
Large Millimeter Telescope Sierra Negra, Puebla, Mexico
Las Brisas Observatory 1979 Colorado, USA
Las Campanas Observatory La Serena, Chile
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope 2005 Global network
Laws Observatory 1880 Columbia, Missouri, USA
Leander McCormick Observatory 1885 Mount Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Lee Observatory 1873 American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Leiden Observatory 1633 Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Leipzig Observatory Leipzig, Germany
Leoncito Astronomical Complex 1986 Calingasta, San Juan, Argentina
Levenhagen Observatory Seattle, Washington, USA
Lick Observatory 1881 Mount Hamilton, San Jose, California, USA
LightBuckets (commercial observatory) 2007 Rodeo, New Mexico, USA
LIGO 1999 Hanford Site & Livingston Louisiana
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory 2005 Atacama Desert, Chile
Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory 1975 Mèrida, Venezuela
Long Wavelength Array 2010 Socorro, New Mexico, USA
Longa Vista Observatory 2010 Itatiba,SP, Brazil
Lowell Observatory Anderson Mesa Station 1894 1959
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Lulin Observatory 1999 Mount Lulin, Taiwan
Lund Observatory 1749 Lund, Sweden
Luoxue Mountain Cosmic Rays Research Center 1953 Luoxue Mountain, Yunnan Province, China
Lyon Observatory 1877 Saint-Genis-Laval, France

M

The 100" Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory Malakoff Tower
Macalester College Observatory Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Magdalena Ridge Observatory (under construction) 2006 Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Malakoff Tower 1845 Recife, Brazil
Majorca Observatory 1991 Majorca, Spain
Manastash Ridge Observatory 1972 Ellensburg, Washington, USA
Maragheh Observatory 1259 Maragheh, Iran
Margaret M. Jacoby Observatory 1978 Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
Maria Mitchell Observatory 1908 Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Marina Towers Observatory (Not In Use) 1989 Maritime Quarter, Swansea,Wales
Markree Observatory (defunct) 1837 County Sligo, Ireland
Marseille Observatory Marseille, France
Martz Observatory Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Mauna Kea Observatory 1967 Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Hawaii, USA
Maynard F. Jordan Observatory 1901 Orono, Maine, USA
McDonald Observatory Davis Mountains, Texas, USA
McKim Observatory 1884 Greencastle, Indiana, USA
McMath-Hulbert Solar Observatory 1930 Lake Angelus, Michigan, USA
MDM Observatory Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA
Mead Observatory 2001 Columbus, Georgia, USA
Mees Observatory Rochester, New York, USA
Mehalso Observatory Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Melbourne Observatory 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melton Memorial Observatory 1928 Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Mendenhall Observatory 2002 Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Menke Observatory 1994 Davenport, Iowa, USA
Metsähovi Observatory 1966 Kirkkonummi, Finland
Meudon Observatory 1876 Meudon, France
Meyer-Womble Observatory 1996 Mount Evans, Colorado, USA
Michigan State University Observatory 1969 East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées Pic du Midi Observatory
Toulouse Observatory 1878 1733 Headquarters: Toulouse, France Pyrenees, France
Toulouse, France

Miller Observatory 1976 Maiden, North Carolina, USA
Mills Observatory 1935 Balgay Hills, Dundee, Scotland
MMT Observatory 1987 Mount Hopkins, Arizona, USA
Modra Observatory 1988 Modra, Slovakia
Mohr Observatory (demolished) 1765-1780 Jakarta, Indonesia
Moletai Astronomical Observatory 1969 Moletai, Lithuania
Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) 1960 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Mont Mégantic Observatory 1978 Mont Mégantic, Québec, Canada
Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy 1972 Monterey, California, USA
Montevideo National Observatory Montevideo, Uruguay, 34°54.6′S 56°12.8′W
Moore Observatory 1978 Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
Morgan-Monroe Observatory 1966 Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Indiana, USA
Morris Observatory 1973 North Manchester, Indiana, USA
Morrison Observatory Fayette, Missouri, USA
Moscow Cosmic-Ray Station Troitsk, Russia
Mount Stony Brook Observatory 1968 Stony Brook, New York, USA
Mounds Observatory Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Mount Abu Observatory Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India
Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory Greenville, Delaware, USA
Mount Graham International Observatory 1993 Mount Graham, Arizona, USA
Mount John University Observatory 1965 Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
Mount Laguna Observatory 1968 San Diego, California, USA
Mount Lemmon Observatory Tucson, Arizona, USA
Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory Tasmania
Mount Stromlo Observatory 1911 Canberra, Australia
Mount Suhora Observatory 1987 Poland
Mount Wilson Observatory 1904 Mount Wilson, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Mountain Skies Observatory 1997 Lyman, Wyoming, USA
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory 1957 Cambridge, England
Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory 2012 Murchison, WA, Australia

N

Nice Observatory
achi-Katsuura Observatory Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan
Nançay Radio Telescope 1965 Nançay, France
Nanjing Astronomical Instruments Research Centre 1958 Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
National Astronomical Observatory (Colombia) 1803 Bogotá, Colombia
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 1988 Headquarters: Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
National Astronomical Observatory (Mexico) 1967 Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico
National Observatory (Brazil) 1827 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
National Observatory of Athens 1842 Athens, Greece
National Optical Astronomy Observatory Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Gemini Observatory
Kitt Peak National Observatory
National Solar Observatory 1982 Headquarters: Tucson, Arizona, USA
National Optical Observatory Turkey
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Green Bank Telescope Very Large Array
Very Long Baseline Array 1957 Headquarters: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) 1903 Helwan, Egypt
National Solar Observatory Sunspot, New Mexico, USA & Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA
Naval Research Lab. Radio Sta. Sugar Grove, West Virigina, 38°31.2′N 79°16.4′W
Naylor Observatory Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Neuchâtel Observatory 1858 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Nice Observatory 1879 Nice, France
Norman Lockyer Observatory 1912 Sidmouth, Devon, England
Nordic Optical Telescope 1988 Canary Islands, Spain
Norilsk Cosmic-Ray Station Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Northern Arizona University Observatory Flagstaff, AZ, USA
North Georgia Astronomical Observatory Dahlonega, Georgia, USA
North Otago Astronomical Society Observatory Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
Nyrölä Observatory 1997 Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Finland

O

O'Brien Observatory 1961 Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, USA
Observatoire du Pic de Château-Renard 1974 Saint-Véran, France
Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (Colombia) 1803 Bogotá, Colombia
Observatorio Astronomico Nacional Tonantzintla 1961 Tonantzintla, Mexico
Observatorio Solar Carl Sagan 2000 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Oil Region Astronomical Observatory Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA
Onan Observatory 1990 Norwood Young America, Minnesota, USA
Ond ejov Observatory 1898 Ond ejov, Czech Republic
Onsala Space Observatory 1949 Onsala, Sweden
Ooty Radio Telescope 1970 Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India
Orchard Hill Observatory 1965 Amherst, Massachusetts
Orioloromano Observatory 2007 Oriolo Romano, Italy
Orion 1 (defunct) 1971 Low Earth orbit
Orion 2 (defunct) 1973 Low Earth orbit
Otter Creek Observatory 1995 Meade County, Kentucky, USA
Oulu Cosmic-Ray Station Oulu, Finland
Owens Valley Radio Observatory Bishop, California, USA

P

Perth Observatory
Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescopes (PACT) Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India
Palisades-Dows Observatory 1987 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Palomar Observatory 1948 Palomar Mountain, California, USA
Panzano Observatory Bologna, Italy
Paranal Observatory 1999 Cerro Paranal, Atacama desert, Chile
Paris Observatory 1667 Paris, France
Parkes Observatory 1961 Parkes, Australia
Paul Robinson Observatory 1965 High Bridge, New Jersey, USA
Peach Mountain Observatory 1950 Dexter, Michigan, USA
Perkins Observatory 1931 Delaware, Ohio, USA
Perth Observatory 1896 Perth, Australia
Pic du Midi Observatory 1878 Pic du Midi, Pyrenees, France
Pico dos Dias Observatory 1981 Minas Gerais, Brazil
Piera Observatory 1968 Barcelona, Spain
Pierre Auger Observatory 2004 Malargüe, Argentina
Pine Bluff Observatory 1958 Cross Plains, Wisconsin, USA
Pine Mountain Observatory 1965 Bend, Oregon, USA
Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory 1990 Pian dei Termini (near San Marcello Pistoiese), Italy
Pollock Astronomical Observatory 2004 Hunting Valley, Ohio, USA
Portage Lake Observatory (defunct) 1948 Dexter, Michigan, USA
Pozna Observatory 1919 Poland

Puckett Observatory Ellijay, Georgia, USA
Pula Observatory 1869 Pula, Croatia
Pulkovo Observatory 1839 Pulkovskiye Heights, Russia
Purple Mountain Observatory 1929 Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Q

Quito Observatory
Quito Astronomical Observatory 1873 La Alameda Park, Quito, Ecuador

R

Royal Greenwich Observatory
Name Established Location
Radcliffe Observatory 1772 Oxford, England. Moved to Durban, South Africa in 1939
Rainwater Observatory French Camp, Mississippi, USA
Ralph A. Worley Observatory 1964 Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Rankin Science Observatory 1963 Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA
Rattlesnake Mountain Observatory (defunct) 1971 Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington, USA
Red Barn Observatory 2006 Ty Ty, Georgia, USA
Red Buttes Observatory 1994 Laramie, Wyoming, USA
Riley Observatory 1974 Naperville, Illinois, USA
RIT Observatory Rochester, New York, USA
Ritter Observatory Toledo, Ohio, USA
Robert Brownlee Observatory Lake Arrowhead, California, USA
Robinson Observatory Orlando, Florida, USA
Robotic Lunar Observatory (defunct) 1995 Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Rogers Observatory 1981 Traverse City, Michigan, USA
Rolnick Observatory Westport, Connecticut, USA
Rome Observatory Italy
Rothney Astrophysical Observatory 1984 Priddis, Alberta, Canada
Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1675 Greenwich, England
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh 1896 Edinburgh, Scotland
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory 1979 (officially inaugurated in 1985) La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
Rosemary Hill Observatory Bronson, Florida, USA
Rozhen Observatory 1981 Peak Rozhen, Bulgaria.
Rutherford Observatory 1920s New York City, New York, USA
RT-32 1960 Irbene, Latvia.

S

Stockholm Observatory

Strasbourg Observatory
San Fernando Observatory (SFO) 1976 Sylmar, California, USA
Sayan Spectrographic Cosmic Ray Complex Irkutsk, Russia
SFA Observatory 1976 Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Sagamore Hill Radio Observatory 1963 Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
Shattuck Observatory 1854 Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Seven Hills Observatory 1996 Kearney, Nebraska, USA
Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory 1958 Shamakhi, Azerbaijan
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory 1962 Shanghai, China
Sherzer Observatory 1878 Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
Sheshan Astronomical Observatory 1900 Shanghai, China
Siding Spring Observatory Siding Spring, New South Wales, Australia
Sierra Nevada Observatory 1981 Sierra Nevada, Spain
Silesian Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory 1955 Chorzów / Katowice, Silesia, Poland
Simeiz Observatory Simeiz, Crimea, Ukraine
Skalnaté Pleso Observatory 1953 Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia
Skinakas Observatory 1984 Crete, Greece
Skylab 1973 low Earth orbit; re-entered in 1979
Smith Observatory 1880s Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 1890 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Sola Fide Observatory Austin, Minnesota, USA
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) 1996 Earth-Sun L1 point
Solar Space Telescope 2009 709 km SSO; life: 3 years
Sommers-Bausch Observatory 1949 Boulder, Colorado, USA
Sonnenborgh Observatory 1853 Utrecht, Netherlands
Sonoma State Observatory 1976 Rohnert Park, California, USA
South African Astronomical Observatory Cape Town
Sutherland 1820 1972 Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa Sutherland, Northern Cape, South Africa
Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope (SOAR) 2004 Cerro Pachón, Chile
South Pole Telescope 2007 Antarctica
Space Hard X-Ray Modulation Telescope 2010 550 km LEO
Spanish National Observatory 1790 (Spain)
Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences Caucasus Mountains, Russia
Sperry Observatory 1967 Cranford, New Jersey, USA
Spitzer Space Telescope 2003 Heliocentric orbit
Springfield Observatory 1968 Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Sproul Observatory Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
Stardome Observatory 1967 Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Starkenburg Observatory 1970 Heppenheim, Germany
Štefánik's Observatory 1928 Prague, Czech Republic
Steward Observatory MMT Observatory
Mount Graham International Observatory
Mount Lemmon Observatory 1916 Tucson, Arizona, USA
Stjerneborg 1581 Hven, Sweden
Stockholm Observatory 1749 Stockholm, Sweden
Stokesville Observatory Virginia, USA
Stonyhurst Observatory 1838 Lancashire, England
Strasbourg Observatory 1881 Strasbourg, France
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 2006 14 km in the stratosphere
Stull Observatory 1966 Alfred, New York, USA
Stuttgart Observatory 1920 Stuttgart, Germany
Submillimeter Array Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory 1999 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Sunriver Observatory Sunriver, Oregon, USA
Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission 2004 Low Earth orbit
Sydney Observatory 1858 Sydney, Australia

T

Table Mountain Observatory Angeles National Forest, Wrightwood, California, USA
Tacubaya Observatory 1882 Tacubaya, Mexico City, Mexico
Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory 1986 Taejon, South Korea
Tamke-Allan Observatory 1998 Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Tartu Observatory 1964 Tartumaa, Estonia
Teide Observatory 1964 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Ten Acre Observatory Tribbey, Oklahoma, USA
Thai National Observatory 2013 Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai, Thailand
The Heights Observatory 1989 The Heights School, South Australia, Australia
Texas A&M Astronomical Observatory College Station, Texas, USA
Theodore Jacobsen Observatory 1895 Seattle, Washington, USA
Thompson Observatory 1968 Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
Tien Shan Mountain Cosmic-Ray Station Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tuorla Observatory 1952 Piikkiö, Finland
Trieste Observatory Trieste, Italy
Turin Observatory 1759 Pino Torinese, Italy

U

Uraniborg

Old University of Alabama Observatory
University of Illinois Observatory
Udaipur Solar Observatory Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Ukrainian T-shaped Radio telescope, second modification 1972 Shevchenkove, Ukraine
Ulugh Beg Observatory 1420s Samarkand, Uzbekistan
University of Alabama Observatory 1950 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
University of Alabama Observatory (Old) 1849-1890s Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
University of North Alabama Observatory Florence, Alabama, USA
University of Illinois Astronomical Observatory 1896 Urbana, Illinois, USA
University of London Observatory 1929 London, England
University of Maryland Observatory College Park, Maryland, USA
University of Michigan-Dearborn Observatory 2007 Dearborn, Michigan, USA
University of New Hampshire Observatory 1985 Durham, New Hampshire, USA
University of Oklahoma Observatory Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Uppsala Astronomical Observatory 1741 Uppsala, Sweden
Urania (Antwerp) Hove, Belgium
Urania (Berlin) Berlin, Germany
Urania (Vienna) 1909 Vienna, Austria
Urania Observatory (Zürich) 1907 Zürich, Switzerland
Uraniborg 1572-1597 (demolished) Hven, Sweden
Urumqi Astronomical Observatory 1957 Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) Depot of Charts and Instruments (U.S. Navy) (precursor, renamed to USNO)
U.S. Naval Observatory (Flagstaff Station) 1844 1830-1844 1955 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

V

Very Large Array Radio Observatory
Valongo Observatory 1924 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vainu Bappu Observatory 1968 Kavalur, Tamil Nadu, India
Astronomical observatory of Aosta Valley 2003 Nus (Aosta Valley, Italy
Van Vleck Observatory 1914 Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Vanderbilt University Observatory Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Vartiovuori Observatory (defunct) 1819-1834 Turku, Finland
Vassar College Observatory 1865 Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Vatican Observatory Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope 1891 1993
Headquarters: Castel Gandolfo, Italy Mount Graham, Arizona, USA
Veen Observatory 1970 Lowell, Michigan, USA
Vega-Bray Observatory 1990 Benson, Arizona, USA
Vernonia Peak Observatory Vernonia, Oregon, USA
Very Large Array 1980 Socorro, New Mexico, USA
Very Long Baseline Array 1993 Various locations
Vienna Observatory 1753 Vienna, Austria
Vilnius University Observatory 1753 Vilnius University, Lithuania
Višnjan Observatory 1978 Višnjan, Croatia
Vsetín Observatory 1950 Vsetín, Czech Republic

W

Comet Hale-Bopp and Williams Observatory
Warner Observatory 1882 Rochester, New York, USA
Warner and Swasey Observatory 1919 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Warren Rupp Observatory 1985 Mansfield, Ohio, USA
Warsaw University Observatory 1825 Warsaw, Poland
Washburn Observatory 1881 Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Weaver Student Observatory Monterey, California, USA
Weitkamp Observatory 1955 Westerville, Ohio, USA
West Mountain Observatory 1981 West Mountain (Utah) USA
Whitin Observatory 1901 Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
Widener University Observatory 2004 Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Wilder Observatory Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Willard L. Eccles Observatory 2009 Frisco Peak, Utah, USA
William Brydone Jack Observatory 1851 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Williams Observatory 1990 Boiling Springs, North Carolina, USA
Winer Observatory 1983 Sonoita, Arizona, USA
Winfree Observatory 1900 Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Wise Observatory 1971 Negev, Israel
Witte Observatory 1984 Mediapolis, Iowa, USA
WIYN Observatory 1994 Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA
Wyoming Infrared Observatory 1975 Laramie, Wyoming, USA

X

Xiangfen Astronomical Observatory 2100 B.C. Xiangfen County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, China
Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory 1957 Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
XMM-Newton 1999 Highly eccentric Earth orbit
Xujiahui Astronomical Observatory 1872 Shanghai, China

Y

The 40" refracting telescope at Yerkes Observatory
Arctic Space Weather Center Yakutsk, Russia
Yale Student Observatory New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Yangbajing International Cosmic-Ray Observatory Yangbajing Valley, Tibet, China
Yantra Mandir 1724 New Delhi, Delhi, India
Yerevan Cosmic-Ray Station Yerevan, Armenia
Yerkes Observatory 1897 Williams Bay, Wisconsin, USA
York University Observatory Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yuba City Astronomical Observatory 2010 Yuba City, California, USA
Yunnan Astronomical Observatory 1957 Kunming, Yunnan, China

Z
Zimmerwald Observatory 1956 Zimmerwald, Switzerland