Sentences with phrase «sits at an altitude»

The northern site, which is operated by the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canaries, sits at an altitude of 2200 meters and is already home to the 2 MAGIC gamma - ray telescopes (pictured above).

Another more recent example of international partnership, involving Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Chile, is the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), a radio interferometer telescope consisting of sixty - six antennas sitting at an altitude of 5,000 meters in the north of Chilehe Atacama Desert.

Sitting at an altitude of 3,399...

The lake sits at an altitude of about 12,100 feet above sea level and is beautifully located.

Don't forget that you are very high up here; Cusco sits at an altitude of 3,400 m (11,152 ft) so altitude sickness is a very real possibility.

Not exact matches

If the batter is too thick or becomes too thick as it sits, add up to 1/4 cup of additional milk alternative (I live at high altitude, where things rise more, so I used the full 1 and 1/4 cups for the pancakes, but you may not need that much).

While the altimeter data also showed that the liquid in some of the canyons around Ligeia Mare is at sea level — the same altitude as the liquid in the sea itself — in others it sits tens to hundreds of feet (tens of meters) higher in elevation.

Part of the problem is reaching glaciers that sit at high altitudes.

«These are species living at high altitudes in the mountains of southern Ethiopia, many are endemic to the area,» says Maria Johansson, researcher at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Science sat Stockholm University.

The center console itself is made up of three polygons mashed together crazy - quilt - style and at three different altitudes: the iDrive controller sits highest, the shifter sprouts from a slightly lower level, and the parking brake tucks in below both in a hollow in front of the armrest (BMW calls the whole assembly a «deliberately asymmetric centre tunnel»).

And, for adult fun, go on a high - altitude wine tasting with expansive views of Maui's Central Valley and the West Maui Mountains at Hawaii's only commercial winery, Tedeschi Vineyards, sitting 2,000 feet above sea level.

Cuzco sits at a high altitude of 3300m above sea level so this is what makes it difficult.

Trogon Lodge sits amidst dazzling flowers, where centennial oak trees show their impressive roots, at an altitude of 7000 ft above sea level, surrounded by the unspoiled ecology of the area.

As surface temperture is altitude dependent one might have thought the first thing to check would be a map, as the arctic ice lies at sea level + 9 % of its thickness, while the antarctic ice sits several kilometers high in the sky, and the surrounding apron of the stuff is immune to windage because of the circumpolar continent in its midst.