Jicamarca Radio Observatory
The Jicamarca Radio Observatory is the equatorial anchor of the Western Hemisphere chain of Incoherent Scatter Radar observatories extending from Lima, Peru to Søndre Strømfjord, Greenland.
Photo: Jicamarca Radio Observatory (JRO), Public domain.- Radio observatory
- …lies at an elevation of 524 metres (1,719 feet)
- Description: radio observatory in Lima, Peru
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huaycán.
Huaycán
Suburb
The urban community of Huaycán is a town of Lima… Huaycán is situated 9 km southeast of Jicamarca Radio Observatory.
Jicamarca Radio Observatory
- Category: radio telescope
- Location
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Latitude
-11.94826° or 11° 56′ 54″ south
Longitude
-76.87192° or 76° 52′ 19″ west
Open location code
57W5342H+M6
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In Other Languages
From Italian to Spanish—“Jicamarca Radio Observatory” goes by many names.
- Italian: “radio observatorio de Jicamarca”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Rádio Jicamarca”
- Slovenian: “Radijski observatorij Jicamarca”
- Spanish: “Radio observatorio de jicamarca”
- Spanish: “Radio Observatorio de Jicamarca”
- Spanish: “Radio observatorio Jicamarca”
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