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Table 1

Location, altitude, and telescopes for the different sites with future telescopes indicated in parenthesis.

Site Latitude Longitude Alt. [m] Tel.

Dome C 75°06′s 123°23′e 3233 IRAIT
Dome A 80°22′s 77°21′e 4083
South Pole 90°s 0°e 2800 SPT

Cerro Chajnantor 22°59′s 67°45′w 5612 (CCAT)
Cerro Macon 24°31′s 67°21′w 5032
Chaj. Plateau 23°00′s 67°45′w 5100 ALMA

Mauna Kea 19°45′n 155°27′w 4207 JCMT
Summit, Greenland 72°35′n 38°25′w 3210
Yangbajing, Tibet 30°05′n 90°33′e 4300 KOSMA

Palmdale 34°37′n 118°05′w 12 000 SOFIA
Christchurch 43°31′s 172°38′e 12 000 SOFIA

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