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Chile, South America, holds about 75% of the Atacama with the remaining 25% in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. It is located between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Most of it is a high plateau between the Andes and the Coastal Range.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y ago75% of the Atacama is located in the northern part Chile. The remaining parts are in southern Peru and western Argentina and Bolivia. For a map of the Atacama's location click here.
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∙ 8y agoThe Atacama Desert is considered by most to be the driest desert on earth. It is located between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean in South America. Most of the desert is in northern Chile but parts extend into Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.
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∙ 8y agoIn the coastal plain of the Andean countries
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∙ 9y agoThere is no Atacama Desert National Park. However, there are a couple parks and other protected areas located within the desert.
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Which deserts are located in Chile?
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Is San Pedro De Atacama in the Atacama desert?
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
What is the climate of the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
What its the desert in northern Chile?
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
What kind of desert is the Atacama?
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
What is the name of the desert in northern chille?
The Atacama Desert.the atacama desert
What cold current passes through the Atacama's desert?
No current passes through the Atacama Desert but the Humbolt, or Peruvian Current, passes just off shore and has a great influence on the climate of the Atacama.
Is the Atacama of Chile a desert or a rainforest?
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
What is the name of the coldest and driest desert in Latin America?
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.
Is the Atacama Desert the driest on earth?
Both the Atacama Desert and the Antarctic Desert share the honor as the driest on earth. The Antarctic is a polar desert and the Atacama is a cool coastal desert - both classified as cold deserts.
Which narrow desert is between the Andes mountains and pacific oceans?
That would be the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
What is the name of the desert on western coast of Chile?
The Atacama is on the northwestern coast of Chile.
