Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory
The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory is a gamma-ray and cosmic-ray observatory in Daocheng, in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Observatory
- Description: cosmic ray observatory in Daocheng, Garze, Sichuan, China
- Also known as: “LHAASO”
- Address: 甘孜藏族自治州, 稻城县, 四川省
Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory
- Categories: cosmic-ray observatory, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ganzi, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.35695° or 29° 21′ 25″ northLongitude
100.13836° or 100° 8′ 18″ eastElevation
4,410 metres (14,469 feet)Operator
中国科学院高能物理研究所Open location code
7PX2944Q+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 8410412309OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q66486317
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大面积高海拔宇宙线观测站”
- Chinese: “大面積高海拔宇宙線觀測站”
- Chinese: “高海拔宇宙线观测站”
- French: “dàmiànjī gāo hǎibá yǔzhòuxiàn guāncèzhàn”
- German: “Großes Höhenluft-Duschobservatorium”
- German: “LHAASO”
- Ukrainian: “LHAASO”
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