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.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huaycán.
Huaycán
Suburb
The urban community of Huaycán is a town of Lima, Peru, located in Ate District, approximately 16.5 kilometres east of Lima. It is home to thousands of immigrant settlers from different parts of Peru, looking to improve their standard of living and job opportunities in the city of Lima. Huaycán is situated 9 km southeast of Jicamarca Radio Observatory.
Jicamarca Radio Observatory
- Type: Radio observatory
- Description: radio observatory in Lima, Peru
- Category: radio telescope
- Location: Lurigancho, Lima, Lima region, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-11.94826° or 11° 56′ 54″ south
Longitude
-76.87192° or 76° 52′ 19″ west
Elevation
524 metres (1,719 feet)
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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