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Cerro Toco

Volcano

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Cerro Toco is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the Atacama Desert in Chile's II Region, approximately 6 km south of the border between Bolivia and Chile and 12 km SE of the Juriques and Licancabur volcanoes.

University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO)

Observatory

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The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the summit of Cerro Chajnantor, at an altitude of 5,640 m within a lava dome in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) is situated 4 km south of Azufreras Purico.

Atacama Cosmology Telescope

Building

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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope was a cosmological millimeter-wave telescope located on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in the north of Chile. ACT made high-sensitivity, arcminute resolution, microwave-wavelength surveys of the sky in order to study the cosmic microwave background radiation, the relic radiation left by the Big Bang process. Atacama Cosmology Telescope is situated 3½ km west of Azufreras Purico.

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Atacama Large Millimeter Array

Hamlet

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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which observe electromagnetic radiation at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. Atacama Large Millimeter Array is situated 8 km south of Azufreras Purico.

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