Chile has some of the best observatories in the world.
http://astro.nineplanets.org/bigeyes.html
From north to south they are:
1.
Cerro Paranal has four 8.2m mirrors also a 4.1m,
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/...iew/?service=0
2.
Las Campanas Obs. (Magellan I and II) has two 6.5m mirrors,
http://www.ociw.edu/Magellan/
It will also have the
Giant Magellan Telescope with seven 8.4m mirrors
3. La Silla has two 3.6m scopes
4.
Cerro Tololo has a 4.0m scope and
5.
Cerro Pachon (
Gemini South) has an 8.1m scope and a 4.1m scope,
http://www.gemini.edu/gallery/v/gs/exterior/
The maps below show their locations in northern Chile.