Chile missed out on The Thirty Meter Telescope, but only just.
In cooperation with
AURA, the TMT project completed a multi-year evaluation of five sites:
- Cerro Armazones, Antofagasta Region, Republic of Chile, [see the Paranal map in post #1]
- Cerro Tolanchar, Antofagasta Region, Republic of Chile
- Cerro Tolar, Antofagasta Region, Republic of Chile
- Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi, United States
- San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Mexico
The TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors narrowed the list to
two outstanding sites, one in each hemisphere, for further consideration:
Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert, and
Mauna Kea on Hawai'i Island. On July 21, 2009 the TMT Board selected
Mauna Kea as the preferred site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_...scope#Location