USACH Spectral Monitoring Station
USACH Spectral Monitoring Station is an observatory in San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa, Antofagasta. Access is restricted and requires permission. USACH Spectral Monitoring Station is situated nearby to the volcano Cerro Toco, as well as near the peak Rocas Negras.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Observatory
- Also known as: “Estación de Monitoreo Espectral USACH”
- Address: San Pedro de Atacama
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cerro Toco.
Cerro Toco
Volcano
Photo: Gerard Prins, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atacama Large Millimeter Array.
Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Hamlet
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 9 km south of USACH Spectral Monitoring Station.
USACH Spectral Monitoring Station
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Northern Chile, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-22.94792° or 22° 56′ 53″ southLongitude
-67.77385° or 67° 46′ 26″ westOperator
Univesidad de Santiago de ChileOpen location code
579J362G+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 12167184570OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatory
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