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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.
There are 42 national parks in Chile covering a total area of 13,206,810 hectares. [1] Table. Lauca. Volcán Isluga. Llullaillaco. Pan de Azúcar. Nevado Tres Cruces.
Desierto de los Leones (Desert of the Lions) National Park is located entirely within the limits of Mexico City; it stretches between Cuajimalpa and Álvaro Obregón boroughs. [1] It is located in the Sierra de las Cruces mountain range west of the city center with an area of 1,867 hectares , [ 2 ] representing fifteen percent of the entire ...
Pampa del Tamarugal National Reserve is a nature reserve of northern Chile's Tarapacá Region located in the Pampa del Tamarugal, about 70 km (43 mi) east of Iquique. The reserve consists of three separate sectors: Zapiga, Bosque Nativo de La Tirana, and Pintados.
After the resolution of the dispute, the name Laguna del Desierto continued to be used in Chile, although in Argentina the name Lago del Desierto was consolidated. The northern end of the lake, Punta Norte de Laguna del Desierto, is the location of the Argentinian border crossing on the route between El Chaltén in Argentina and Villa O'Higgins ...
Desierto de Atacama Airport (IATA: CPO, ICAO: SCAT) is an airport serving the region around Copiapó, the capital of the Atacama Region of Chile. The airport is in the desert north of the Copiapó River , 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) inland from the Pacific coast.
Open land in Pampa del Tamarugal, February 2006.. Pampa del Tamarugal ("Plateau of the Tamarugal") is a vast plain encompassing a significant portion of the Norte Grande, Chile, and originally named for the Prosopis tamarugo trees that used to cover its surface.
Cerro Paranal is a mountain in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and is the home of the Paranal Observatory.Prior to the construction of the observatory, the summit was a horizontal control point with an elevation of 2,664 m (8,740 ft); [1] now it is 2,635 m (8,645 ft) above sea level.