... The shortlist of possible locations for the ELT includes Chile, Morocco, Tibet, South Africa, Greenland or a place called Dome C, a 3000-metre plateau in Antarctica. ...
... Specialized sites (e.g., Antarctica, Chajnantor, both with very low water vapor column) are being developed, and even more exotic sites (e.g., a tethered balloon in the stratosphere, Greenland Ice-cap) have received some attention but are irrelevant for ...