In the O'odham language ( O'odham is The Native American tribe that inhabits the land that Kitt Peak is constructed on) the name was "loligam" meaning Manzanita .
Kitt Peak NO was founded in 1958. Kitt Peak is located 56 miles southwest of Tucson, AZ, in the Schuk Toak District on the Tohono O'odham Nation (native Americans).
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Rome is not surrounded by desert.
Lowell is one, but there are more including the Kitt Peak National Observatory.
Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, is surrounded by the Sonoran Desert.
An isolated mountain peak surrounded by a glacier is commonly referred to as a nunatak.
The Sechura Desert is surrounded by the country of Peru.
During the peak of summer, temperatures in the desert can reach as high as 120-130 degrees Fahrenheit.
Kitt Peak National Observatory is the mountain peak at this point. It is located at about 30 degrees south latitude and 70 degrees west longitude.
Nubian Desert, Arabian Desert, Negev Desert, And Libyan Desert.