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KARST
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Look up <i>Karst</i> or <i>karst</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <p>In the early days of planning of the international <a href="/facts/Square_Kilometre_Array/kU3LueER">Square Kilometre Array</a> (SKA) during the 1990s, the Chinese delegation vied to host the SKA, proposing to build several large dishes in the natural limestone depressions (<a href="/facts/Karsts/IzJYhjVN">karsts</a>) that dimple its southwestern provinces, and called the proposal Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope (KARST). </p><p>Chinese astronomers even did preliminary work on the <a href="/facts/Five_hundred_meter_Aperture_Spherical_Telescope/6ASExc9E">FAST</a> radiotelescope as a prototype. </p><p>The countries hosting the <a href="/facts/Square_Kilometre_Array/kU3LueER">SKA Telescope</a> became South Africa and Australia. KARST would have consisted of about 30 individual elements, each about 200 meters in diameter. A site survey of 288 suitable locations was performed in <a href="/facts/Pingtang_County/7TjdreMt">Pingtang County</a>, <a href="/facts/Guizhou/BWxNrucU">Guizhou</a> Province. </p>