El Teniente
El Teniente is the world's largest underground copper mine, located in the Andes Mountains of central Chile at an elevation of 2,300 metres above sea level.
- Industry
- …lies at an elevation of around 3,590 metres (11,770 feet)
- …is also known as “Codelco División El Teniente”
- …is operated by Codelco
- …dates from 1905
- Description: Chilean copper mine
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Museum of the Great Copper Mining.
Museum of the Great Copper Mining
1½ km northwest of El Teniente
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fundición Caletones.
Fundición Caletones
Fundición Caletones or simply Caletones is a copper…
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
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = industrial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“El Teniente” goes by many names.
إل تينيينتيArabic
إيل تينيينتيArabic
Mineral El TenienteCebuano
埃尔特尼恩特铜矿Chinese
El TenienteCzech
El TenienteDutch
エル・テニエンテJapanese
El TenienteNorwegian Bokmål
Mineral El TenienteSwedish
Ель-ТеньєнтеUkrainian
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