El Teniente

El Teniente is the world's largest underground copper mine, located in the of at an elevation of 2,300 metres above sea level.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Gbarindelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Industry
  • …lies at an elevation of 3,588 metres (11,772 feet)
  • …is also known as “Codelco División El Teniente”
  • …is operated by Codelco
  • …dates from 1905
  • Description: Chilean copper mine

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of the Great Copper Mining.

Museum
Photo: Tae Sandoval Murgan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1½ km northwest of El Teniente.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fundición Caletones.

Hamlet
Photo: WeHaKa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or simply Caletones is a copper… is situated 7 km west of El Teniente.

El Teniente

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Latitude
-34.09483° or 34° 5′ 41″ south
Longitude
-70.37113° or 70° 22′ 16″ west
Open location code
47QFWJ4H+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 355367015
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
3890309
Wiki­data ID
Q529024

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“El Teniente” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إل تينيينتي”
  • Arabic: “إيل تينيينتي”
  • Cebuano: “Mineral El Teniente”
  • Chinese: “埃尔特尼恩特铜矿”
  • Czech: “El Teniente”
  • Dutch: “El Teniente”
  • French: “El Teniente”
  • German: “El Teniente”
  • Japanese: “エル・テニエンテ”
  • Japanese: “エルテニエンテ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Teniente”
  • Spanish: “El Teniente”
  • Spanish: “Mina El Teniente”
  • Swedish: “Mineral El Teniente”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Теньєнте”

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