Using high-resolution imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope , we study the Large Magellanic Cloud H ii region N160A and uncover several striking features of this complex massive star-forming site .
The two compact high excitation H ii blobs ( HEBs ) A1 and A2 are for the first time resolved and their stellar content and morphology is revealed .
A1 , being of higher excitation , is powered by a single massive star whose strong wind has created a surrounding bubble .
A2 harbors several exciting stars enshrouded inside large quantities of dust .
The whole N160A nebula is energized by three star clusters for which we obtain photometry and study their color-magnitude diagram .
The H ii region is particularly dusty , with extinction values reaching an A _ { V } \sim 2.5 mag in the visible , and it is separated from the molecular cloud by an outstanding ionization front .
A previously detected infrared young stellar object is also accurately located with respect to the H ii region .