Chacaltaya Astrophysical Observatory

Astronomical Observatories

Description: Located at 5,240 meters (17,190 ft), the Mount Chacaltaya Laboratory began as a weather station in 1942. It is an important site for gamma ray research and was the site in the 1940s of the first observations of pions. The Chacaltaya Observatory belongs to the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and it is operated in collaboration with other universities worldwide. It hosts a cosmic ray research group, and since 2011 the Chacaltaya Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) station. The GAW station is one of the few monitoring sites of Essential Climate Variables (meteorological variables, aerosols and greenhouse gases) in the Southern Hemisphere.

Country: Andes, Bolivia

Altitude: 5001 - 5500 meters

Type of observatory: Cosmic Ray, Gamma Ray

Established: 1946

Observatory site: Chacaltaya

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