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Los, Sweden
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<p>Los is a <a href="/facts/Urban_areas_in_Sweden/Y8Y3JBAt">locality</a> situated in <a href="/facts/Ljusdal_Municipality/Nb1ARGIB">Ljusdal Municipality</a>, <a href="/facts/G%25C3%25A4vleborg_County/QsptxrRE">Gävleborg County</a>, <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a> with 332 inhabitants in 2020. </p><p>The village is known for its 18th-century <a href="/facts/Cobalt/gqhScEw4">cobalt</a> mine, where <a href="/facts/Axel_Fredrik_Cronstedt/qrYVr6LT">Axel Fredrik Cronstedt</a> discovered the chemical element of <a href="/facts/Nickel/KwMCHYRP">nickel</a> in 1751. Today, the mine is a tourist attraction. </p><p>An 8-kilometre-wide <a href="/facts/List_of_craters_on_Mars/U3tGYwox">crater on Mars</a> was officially named after this village in 1979. The <a href="/facts/Impact_crater/nWntooh4">crater</a> is located at 35.4°S and 76.3°W on the Martian surface. </p>