⛰️ Cerro Pachón

Chile · Americas · 2,722 m · 30.24°S, 70.74°W

Cerro Pachón is a mountain in central Chile, located east of the city of La Serena in the Coquimbo Region. The mountain is seismically active, with a magnitude 5.6 earthquake impacting the summit on April 30, 2012. Along with Cerro Tololo, this mountain forms part of the surrounding El Totoral Reserve that is owned by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) Observatory. It is the site of the 8.1 m Gemini South Telescope of the Gemini Observatory, the 4.1 m SOAR optical imager, and the 8.4 m Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

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Quick facts

Country	Chile
Continent / region	Americas
Elevation	2,722 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	30.24°S, 70.74°W · view on map

Cerro Pachón rises to 2,722 m in Chile, in Americas. The full story of this mountain is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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