Apache Point Observatory
The Apache Point Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the Sacramento Mountains in Sunspot, New Mexico, United States, approximately 18 miles south of Cloudcroft.Photo: Resonance cascade, Public domain.
- Type: astronomical observatory
- Description: astronomical observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, United States
- Also known as: “APO”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sacramento Peak and Cathey Peak.
Sacramento Peak
Peak
Cathey Peak is a peak in the Sacramento Mountains, in the south-central part of the U.S. State of New Mexico. It lies in Otero County, 10 miles southeast of the community of Alamogordo.
Cathey Peak
Peak
Cathey Peak is a peak in the Sacramento Mountains, in the south-central part of the U.S. State of New Mexico. It lies in Otero County, 10 miles southeast of the community of Alamogordo. Cathey Peak is situated 2 miles north of Apache Point Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunspot.
Sunspot
Hamlet
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Sunspot is an unincorporated community in the Sacramento Mountains in the Lincoln National Forest in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, about 18 miles south of Cloudcroft.
Apache Point Observatory
- Location: Otero, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Apache Point Observatory from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Apache Point Observatory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرصد أباتشي بوينت”
- Armenian: “Ապաչի Փոյնթ աստղադիտարան”
- Belarusian: “Абсэрваторыя Апачы-Пойнт”
- Catalan: “Observatori d’Apache Point”
- Chinese: “阿帕奇天文台”
- Chinese: “阿帕契點天文台”
- Dutch: “Apache Point Observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد اباتشى بوينت”
- French: “observatoire d’Apache Point”
- French: “Observatoire d’Apache Point”
- German: “Apache Point Observatory”
- German: “Apache-Point-Observatorium”
- German: “Apache-Point-Sternwarte”
- Irish: “Réadlann Apache Point”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Apache Point”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Apache Point”
- Japanese: “アパッチポイント天文台”
- Luxembourgish: “Apache Point Observatory”
- Luxembourgish: “Apache-Point-Observatoire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Apache-Point-Observatorium”
- Persian: “رصدخانه آپاچی پوینت”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ آپاچی پوینت”
- Persian: “رصدخانه اپاچی پوینت”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ اپاچی پوینت”
- Polish: “Apache Point Observatory”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Apache Point”
- Romanian: “Observatorul Apache Point”
- Russian: “Apache Point Observatory”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Апачи-Пойнт”
- Slovenian: “Apache Point Observatory”
- Slovenian: “APO”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Astronomico de Apache Point”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Astronómico de Apache Point”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Apache Point”
- Turkish: “Apache Point Gözlemevi”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Апачі-Пойнт”
- Urdu: “اپاچی پوائنٹ رصدگاہ”
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