La Silla Observatory

The observatory of the European Southern Observatory, located in the southern part of the Atacama desert, about 600 kilometres (370 miles) north of Santiago de Chile, at an altitude of 2,400 metres (7,900 feet). The instruments include a 3.6-metre (142-inch) telescope, the 3.5-metre (138-inch) New Technology Telescope and the 15-metre (50-foot) Swedish/ESO Submillimetre Telescope.