Rock of the Lads

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Rock of the Lads is the English name for Roque de los Muchachos, a prominent rocky peak and astronomical observatory site on the island of La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands.

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Rock of the Lads canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory site ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
mountain peak ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessibleFrom Los Llanos de Aridane ⓘ
Santa Cruz de La Palma ⓘ
climate high-altitude subtropical climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 2426 m ⓘ
approximately 2423 m ⓘ
hasAstronomicalFacility Roque de los Muchachos Observatory ⓘ
hasNameInSpanish Roque de los Muchachos ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Garafía ⓘ
Puntagorda ⓘ
hasRoadAccess yes ⓘ
hasTelescope Gran Telescopio Canarias ⓘ
Isaac Newton Telescope ⓘ
Liverpool Telescope ⓘ
MAGIC telescope ⓘ
Nordic Optical Telescope ⓘ
William Herschel Telescope ⓘ
hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caldera de Taburiente ⓘ
other Canary Islands ⓘ
hostsObservatory Roque de los Muchachos Observatory ⓘ
isHighestPointOf La Palma ⓘ
isOneOfHighestPointsOf Canary Islands ⓘ
knownFor dark skies ⓘ
excellent astronomical seeing conditions ⓘ
low light pollution ⓘ
languageOfToponym Spanish ⓘ
literalNameMeaning Rock of the Lads ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Canary Islands ⓘ
La Palma ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Caldera de Taburiente National Park buffer zone ⓘ
locatedOn Caldera de Taburiente rim ⓘ
operatedBy Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias ⓘ
partOf Canary Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Canary Islands

Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
timeZone Western European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Western European Summer Time ⓘ
usedFor gamma-ray astronomy ⓘ
infrared astronomy ⓘ
optical astronomy ⓘ

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Roque de los Muchachos → toponymMeaning → Rock of the Lads ⓘ