Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Km 22 SO

English answer:

22nd Km. SW

Added to glossary by XiaoRan
Sep 5, 2008 04:02
15 yrs ago
English term

Km 22 SO

English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting mining
Km 22 SO, Montelibano, Colombia

What's the meaning of "Km 22 SO" in this address?

Discussion

Ken Cox Sep 5, 2008:
for reference Cerro Matoso - Colombia

The Cerro Matoso deposit in Colombia is located some 20 km to the south-west of the town of Montelibano in the Department of Cordoba on the western side of the Andes, and approximately 400 km north of the capital Bogota. It takes the form of a blanket on a 2500 m long oval shaped hill that rises some 200 m above the surrounding countryside. The ore is capped by a layer of lateritic soil that is usually overlain by a variable layer of ferruginous canga. The ore comprises a zone of saprolite and saprolitised peridotite. The footwall is un-weathered peridotite. In 1999 proven+probable reserves were more than 35 million tonnes at 2.3% Ni using a 1.5% Ni cut-off, and up to 60 mt at a 1% Ni cutoff. As such it is one of the highest grade lateritic nickel deposits in the world. The mine and ferro-nickel plant are operated by Cerro Matoso S.A., a subsidiary of the Billiton group.

http://www.portergeo.com.au/tours/nickel2000/m2a.asp
Cagdas Karatas Sep 5, 2008:
Dear XiaoRan... I think you should ask a Columbian (private message is an option) about the details of that specific address. I don't think this is a language question that is suitable for English-English or any other language pair.

Responses

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22nd Km. SW

Kilómetro 22 SO es la altura pero necesitarias la direccion actual. Quizas algo como Carrera 45, etc etc.

You can translate it as "22nd Km. SW" (southwest).


Peer comment(s):

agree Yolanda Broad : Yes, Spanish is SurOeste.
42 mins
si gracias. o Sudoeste tambien.
agree Mónica Sauza
2 hrs
gracias =-)
neutral BrettMN : Why are you answering in Spanish in the English-English section? The asker is Chinese, asking in English-English, and you answer in Spanish??
8 hrs
I soooooooo do apologize! Not everyone is perfect!!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you all. I believe it's right, because Spanish is the official language of Colombia."
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22 kilometers south

of Montelibano, Colombia.
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comment

Although it's nice to know what the abbreviation means, if it forms part of an address as in the PDF document listed below you should not translate it -- otherwise if someone in China tries to write to the company, the postal service in Colombia may not be able to deliver the letter. In this sense, 'Km 22 SO' should be treated the same as a proper name.

Also see my reference posting.
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