Atacama Large Millimeter Array

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the of northern , which observe electromagnetic radiation at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile
  • Also known as: “ALMA SMEGO”, “ALMA telescope”, and “Atacama Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array”

Atacama Large Millimeter Array

Latitude
-23.02277° or 23° 1′ 22″ south
Longitude
-67.75307° or 67° 45′ 11″ west
Open location code
578JX6GW+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2902878208
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Wiki­data ID
Q725364
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Satellite Map

Discover Atacama Large Millimeter Array from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Atacama Large Millimeter Array” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مصفوف مرصد أتاكاما المليمتري الكبير”
  • Armenian: “Ատակամայի միլիմետրային միջակայքի ալեհավաքների մեծ ցանց”
  • Asturian: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Basque: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі мілімэтровы радыётэлескоп Атакамы”
  • Bengali: “আতাকামা লার্জ মিলিমিটার অ্যারে”
  • Catalan: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Chinese: “ALMA”
  • Chinese: “ALMA射电天文望远镜”
  • Chinese: “阿塔卡玛大型毫米波天线阵”
  • Chinese: “阿塔卡瑪大型毫米波天線陣”
  • Chinese: “阿塔卡馬大型毫米/次毫米陣列”
  • Chinese: “阿塔卡馬大型毫米波/亞毫米波陣列”
  • Chinese: “阿塔卡馬大型毫米波陣列”
  • Czech: “ALMA”
  • Czech: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Danish: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Dutch: “ALMA-radiotelescoop”
  • Dutch: “ALMA-telescoop”
  • Dutch: “ALMA”
  • Dutch: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Esperanto: “ALMA”
  • Estonian: “Atacama suur millimeeter-submillimeeterobservatoorium”
  • Estonian: “Atacama Suur Millimeetri/submillimeetri Observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • French: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • French: “Grand réseau d’antennes millimétrique/submillimétrique de l’Atacama”
  • Galician: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • German: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • German: “Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλη Χιλιοστομετρική Διάταξη της Ατακάμα”
  • Hebrew: “המערך המילימטרי הגדול באטקמה”
  • Hungarian: “ALMA”
  • Hungarian: “Atacamai Nagyméretű Milliméteres/Szubmilliméteres Hálózat”
  • Icelandic: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Indonesian: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Italian: “ALMA”
  • Italian: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Japanese: “ALMA計画”
  • Japanese: “アタカマ大型ミリ波サブミリ波干渉計”
  • Japanese: “アルマ望遠鏡”
  • Japanese: “アルマ電波望遠鏡”
  • Japanese: “いざよい”
  • Korean: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Korean: “아타카마 대형 극고주파 집합체”
  • Korean: “아타카마 대형 미리메터 집합체”
  • Korean: “아타카마 대형 미리파 집합체”
  • Korean: “아타카마 대형 밀리미터 간섭계”
  • Korean: “아타카마 대형 밀리미터 집합체”
  • Korean: “아타카마 대형 밀리파 집합체”
  • Latvian: “Atakamas Lielā milimetru ierinda”
  • Lithuanian: “ALMA”
  • Lithuanian: “Atakamos didysis milimetrinis/submilimetrinis masyvas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Malay: “Tatasusunan Milimeter Besar Atacama”
  • Malayalam: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Malayalam: “അൽമ - റേഡിയോ ടെലിസ്കോപ്പ് ശ്രേണി”
  • Marathi: “अताकामा रेडिओ दुर्बीण”
  • Marathi: “ऍटाकामा रेडिओ दुर्बिण”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Norwegian: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Persian: “آرایه میلی‌متری بزرگ آتاکاما”
  • Persian: “آرایه میلیمتری بزرگ آتاکاما”
  • Persian: “آرایهٔ میلیمتری بزرگ آتاکاما”
  • Persian: “ارایه میلیمتری بزرگ اتاکاما”
  • Persian: “ارایهٔ میلیمتری بزرگ اتاکاما”
  • Persian: “تلسکوپ آلما”
  • Persian: “تلسکوپ الما”
  • Polish: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Portuguese: “ALMA”
  • Portuguese: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Romanian: “Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array”
  • Russian: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Russian: “Большой атакамский телескоп”
  • Serbian: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Serbian: “Атакама велики милиметарски низ”
  • Slovak: “ALMA”
  • Slovenian: “ALMA”
  • Slovenian: “antena ALMA”
  • Slovenian: “Atakamska velika milimetrska antena”
  • Slovenian: “Atakamsko veliko milimetrsko polje”
  • Spanish: “ALMA”
  • Spanish: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Spanish: “Gran Arreglo Milimetrico de Atacama”
  • Spanish: “Gran Arreglo Milimétrico de Atacama”
  • Spanish: “Gran Arreglo Milimetrico y Submilimetrico de Atacama”
  • Spanish: “Gran Arreglo Milimétrico y Submilimétrico de Atacama”
  • Spanish: “Proyecto ALMA”
  • Swedish: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Turkish: “Atacama Large Millimeter Array”
  • Ukrainian: “ALMA”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика міліметрова антена Атакама”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий міліметровий радіотелескоп Атаками”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿塔卡马大型毫米波/亚毫米波阵列”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿塔卡馬大型毫米波陣列”
  • “ALMA”

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