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.