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Cerro Paranal
Cerro
Paranal
is a
mountain
in the
Atacama Desert
of
northern
Chile
and is the
home
of the
Paranal Observatory
.
Prior
to the
construction
of the
observatory
, the
summit
was a
horizontal control point
with an
elevation
of ; now it is
above sea level
. It is the
site
of the
Very Large Telescope
and the
VLT Survey Telescope
. It is located south of
Antofagasta
and
north
of
Taltal
, as well as
inland
and
west
of
highway
B-710.
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