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The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km 2 (41,000 sq mi), [2] which increases to 128,000 km 2 (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included.
The Atacama Region (Spanish: Región de Atacama, pronounced) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces : Chañaral , Copiapó and Huasco . It is bordered to the north by Antofagasta , to the south by Coquimbo , to the east by the provinces of Catamarca , La Rioja and San Juan of Argentina , and to ...
Chile location map.svg (by NordNordWest). This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: La Pampa in Argentina.svg (by TUBS ).
Salar de Atacama, located 55 km (34 mi) south of San Pedro de Atacama, is the largest salt flat in Chile. [1] It is surrounded by mountains and lacks drainage outlets. To the east, it is enclosed by the main chain of the Andes , while to the west lies a secondary mountain range called Cordillera de Domeyko .
Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.It is the capital of El Loa Province, part of the Antofagasta Region.Calama is one of the driest cities in the world with average annual precipitation of just 5 mm (0.20 in).
The Peru–Chile Trench, also known as the Atacama Trench, is an oceanic trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) ...
Caldera is a port city and commune in the Copiapó Province of the Atacama Region in northern Chile. It has a harbor protected by breakwaters, being the port city for the productive mining district centering on Copiapó to which it is connected by the first railroad constructed in Chile.
Nevado Tres Cruces National Park (Spanish pronunciation: [neˈβaðo tɾes ˈkɾuses]) is a national park in the Atacama Region of Chile, east of Copiapó. It includes Laguna Santa Rosa, Laguna del Negro Francisco, and a part of the Salar de Maricunga. The park is divided into two zones, the northern zone encompassing the southern portion of ...