Cerro Paranal

Cerro Paranal is a mountain in the of northern and is the home of the . Prior to the construction of the observatory, the summit was a horizontal control point with an elevation of 2,664 m; now it is 2,635 m above sea level.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Paranal Observatory and ESO Hotel.

Research institute
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is an astronomical observatory operated by the .

Hotel building
Photo: I. Werz-Rein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
at Cerro Paranal is the accommodation for in Chile since 2002.

Cerro Paranal

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Latitude
-24.62806° or 24° 37′ 41″ south
Longitude
-70.40457° or 70° 24′ 17″ west
Open location code
577F9HCW+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1300350181
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3877203
Wiki­data ID
Q859718

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Cerro Paranal” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Catalan: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Cebuano: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Chinese: “帕瑞納”
  • Chinese: “帕瑞納山”
  • Czech: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Czech: “Paranal”
  • Dutch: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سيرو پارانال”
  • French: “Cerro Paranal”
  • German: “Cerro Paranal”
  • German: “Paranal”
  • Hebrew: “סרו פאראנל”
  • Hungarian: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Irish: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Italian: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Japanese: “セロ・パラナル”
  • Ladin: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Luxembourgish: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Macedonian: “Паранал”
  • Persian: “سررو پارانال”
  • Polish: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Polish: “Góra Paranal”
  • Polish: “Wzgórze Paranal”
  • Portuguese: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Romanian: “Cerro paranal”
  • Romanian: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Russian: “Серро-Параналь”
  • Slovenian: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Spanish: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Spanish: “Paranal”
  • Swedish: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Turkish: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Ukrainian: “Серро-Паранал”
  • Venetian: “Cerro Paranal”
  • Vietnamese: “Paranal”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Paranal and Paso Vicuña Mackenna.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Star Track Trailhead and Cerro Paranal Airport.

Chile: Highlights

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