Cerro Paranal
Paranal camp
Highest point
Elevation	2,635 m (8,645 ft)
Coordinates	24°37′38″S70°24′17″W / 24.62722°S 70.40472°W /-24.62722; -70.40472
Geography
Location	Atacama Desert, northernChile
Parent range	Chilean Coast Range

Cerro Paranal is a mountain in theAtacama Desert of northernChile and is the home of theParanal Observatory. Prior to the construction of the observatory, the summit was ahorizontal control point with an elevation of 2,664 m (8,740 ft);^[1] now it is 2,635 m (8,645 ft) above sea level. It is the site of theVery Large Telescope and theVLT Survey Telescope. It is located 120 km (75 mi) south ofAntofagasta and 80 km (50 mi) north ofTaltal, as well as 15 km (9.3 mi) inland and 5 km (3.1 mi) west of highway B-710.

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  Milky Way pictured above Cerro Paranal^[2]
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  Zodiacal Light seen from Paranal^[3]

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