Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope, National Astronomy And Ionosphere Center, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

• The observatory is featured in the film Species, the James Gunn novel The Listeners (1972), the Robert J. Sawyer novel Rollback, and the Mary Doria Russell novel The Sparrow.
• Arecibo Observatory also featured in the action movie The Losers (2010).
• In the video game Just Cause 2 there is a large radio observatory called PAN MILSAT that is very similar in appearance to Arecibo Observatory.
• Internet radio station Arecibo Radio is named after the observatory.