Canfranc Underground Laboratory

The Canfranc Underground Laboratory is an underground scientific facility located in the former railway tunnel of Somport under Monte Tobazo in Canfranc.

Photo: Teogomez, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Research institute
Description: scientific facility in Canfranc, Spain
Also known as: “Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc” and “LSC”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canfranc International Railway Station and Fuerte de Coll de Ladrones.

Canfranc International Railway Station

Hotel

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Canfranc International railway station is a formerly international railway station in the village of Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees. The Somport railway tunnel, inoperative since 1970, which carries the Pau–Canfranc railway, under the Pyrenees into France, is located at its northern end. Canfranc International Railway Station is situated 280 metres northeast of Canfranc Underground Laboratory.

Fuerte de Coll de Ladrones

Fort

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Fuerte de Coll de Ladrones is a fort, which is situated 1½ km north of Canfranc Underground Laboratory.

Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora

Church

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Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora is a church, which is situated 3½ km south of Canfranc Underground Laboratory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canfranc-Estación and Candanchú.

Canfranc-Estación

Village

Photo: Lozano Manzanedo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canfranc-Estación is a village.

Candanchú

Hamlet

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Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, Spain. The name of the area is an adaptation of the French "Camp d'Anjou", as it was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin dynasty. Candanchú is situated 4 km north of Canfranc Underground Laboratory.

Villanúa

Village

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Villanúa is a Pyrenean municipality in Spain in the north of Huesca province, in la Jacetania, set where the Aragon valley gets wider. Its name refers to the "new village" repopulated in the late 10th century. Villanúa is situated 8 km south of Canfranc Underground Laboratory.

Canfranc Underground Laboratory

Categories: laboratory, building, and education
Location: Canfranc, Huesca, Aragon, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

42.74934° or 42° 44′ 58″ north

Longitude

-0.51626° or 0° 30′ 59″ west

Open location code

8CJXPFXM+PF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 711426145

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=research_institute

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q1799475

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Canfranc Underground Laboratory” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Laboratori subterrani de Canfranc”
Catalan: “Laboratori Subterrani de Canfranc”
Esperanto: “Subtera Laboratorio de Canfranc”
French: “Laboratoire souterrain de Canfranc”
German: “Laboratorio subterráneo de Canfranc”
Spanish: “Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc”

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