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According to the CARMA observatory catalog, the median height of all telescope pads is at an elevation of 2196. 223 m ( 7205. 807 ft ).

The observatory is located in the Inyo Mountains to the east of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, at a site called Cedar Flat, accessed through Westgard Pass.

The high elevation site was chosen to minimize millimeter wave absorption and phase decoherence by atmospheric water vapor.