Calar Alto Observatory

The Calar Alto Observatory is an astronomical located in Almería province in on , a 2,168-meter-high mountain in the Sierra de Los Filabres subrange of the .
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: astronomical observatory in Almeria, Spain
  • Also known as: “Spanish Astronomical Centre in Andalusia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Calar Alto.

Peak
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is the highest peak in the Sierra de Los Filabres, a mountain subrange of the in , . It is also the highest peak in the said mountain subrange.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Cortijuelo and Los Menas.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km northeast of Calar Alto Observatory.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km northeast of Calar Alto Observatory.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km south of Calar Alto Observatory.

Calar Alto Observatory

Latitude
37.22129° or 37° 13′ 17″ north
Longitude
-2.55095° or 2° 33′ 3″ west
Operator
CSIC;MPG
Open location code
8C9V6CCX+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 98821901
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Wiki­data ID
Q1026264
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Calar Alto Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد كالار ألتو”
  • Basque: “Calar Altoko Behatokia”
  • Catalan: “observatori de Calar Alto”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Calar Alto”
  • Chinese: “卡拉阿托天文台”
  • Czech: “Calar Alto Observatory”
  • Czech: “Centro Astronómico Hispano en Andalucía”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Calar Alto”
  • Danish: “Calar Alto-observatoriet”
  • Dutch: “Calar Alto Observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد كالار التو”
  • Esperanto: “Centro Astronómico Hispano en Andalucía”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio de Calar Alto”
  • French: “Calar Alto Observatory”
  • French: “Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán”
  • French: “Deutsch-Spanisches Astronomisches Zentrum”
  • French: “Observatoire de calar alto”
  • French: “Observatoire de Calar Alto”
  • German: “CAHA”
  • German: “Calar Alto”
  • German: “Calar-Alto-Observatorium”
  • German: “Deutsch-Spanisches Astronomisches Zentrum”
  • German: “DSAZ”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה קאלאר אלטו”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Calar Alto”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Calar Alto”
  • Japanese: “オブセルバドリオ・アストロノミコ・デ・カラル・アルト”
  • Japanese: “カラーアルト天文台”
  • Japanese: “カラーアント天文台”
  • Japanese: “カラル・アルト天文台”
  • Korean: “칼라르알토 천문대”
  • Latvian: “Kalaralto observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Calar Alto-Observatoire”
  • Luxembourgish: “Calar-Alto-Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Опсерваторија Калар Алто”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Calar Alto observatorium”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório de Calar Alto”
  • Russian: “Calar Alto Observatory”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Калар Альто”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Калар-Альто”
  • Slovak: “Calar Alto Observatory”
  • Slovak: “Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán”
  • Spanish: “Centro Astronómico Hispano en Andalucía”
  • Spanish: “Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de calar alto”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Calar Alto”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวกาลาร์อัลโต”
  • Turkish: “Calar Alto Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Calar Alto Rasathanesi”
  • Turkish: “Spanish Astronomical Centre in Andalusia”
  • Urdu: “کالار آلٹو رصدگاہ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Calar Alto and Collado del Hornillo.

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