View to Find Primary database name from Standby

Is there any way(view) we can find the primary standby database name and it's host from the standy database.
Thanks,

V$DATABASE holds the Database Name and this would be the same on the Standby as on the Primary -- at least would be the same for a Physical Standby, I haven't done or verified a Logical Standby with a different DB_NAME.
However, the Host name is not a property of the database but of the instance -- an RAC database can have instances running on multiple hosts. Therefore, the HOSTNAME is always in V$INSTANCE only -- and that, of course, is different on the Standby then on the Primary.

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