Cerro El Roble is a mountain in central
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...
. Much of the land area associated with this mountain was incorporated into the
La Campana National Park
La Campana National Park is located in the Cordillera de la Costa, Quillota Province, in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. La Campana National Park and the Vizcachas Mountains lie northwest of Santiago. This national park covers approximately a ...
in the late 1990s. A station of the
National Astronomical Observatory of Chile,
Cerro El Roble Observatory
The National Astronomical Observatory of Chile (Spanish: ''Observatorio Astronómico Nacional de Chile'' - OAN) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Department of Astronomy of the University of Chile (UCh). It is located on Ce ...
is located at the top of this mountain.
[Royal Astronomical Society, 1985.]
See also
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Asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the Solar System#Inner solar system, inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic o ...
References
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Bibliography
* C. Michael Hogan. 2008
''Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg* Royal Astronomical Society. 1985. ''The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society'', v.26, Published for the Royal Astronomical Society by Blackwell Science
Chilean Coast Range
Mountains of Santiago Metropolitan Region
Mountains of Valparaíso Region
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