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 ...

Jan 5, 2022 · Squished between the Pacific Ocean and Andes Mountains in northern Chile, the Atacama Desert is one of South America’s most beguiling landscapes.

Jan 28, 2025 · Atacama Desert, cool, arid region in northern Chile, 600 to 700 miles (1,000 to 1,100 km) long from north to south. Its limits are not exactly determined, but it lies mainly between the south bend of the Loa River and the mountains …

Mar 26, 2019 · Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest desert in the world. It’s also a traveler’s delight with rock canyons, snow-capped volcanoes, geysers and turquoise lakes.

Far from being inert, the Atacama Desert is an area full of energy thanks to its welcoming ancestral cultures and the oases that are a source of life in the driest desert in the world. Ascend the more than 4,000 meters of altitude of the Andean altiplano to discover small villages that keep their customs intact in the middle of an extreme ...

Oct 23, 2021 · The driest nonpolar desert on planet Earth, northern Chile's Atacama Desert is like a Martian landscape that's nestled between the Andes Mountains and South America's Pacific coast. Right between Chile and Peru rests the Atacama Desert.

Mar 1, 2024 · The Atacama Desert, also known as Desierto de Atacama in Spanish, is nestled between the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Andes Mountains to the east. Its northern border touches southern Peru, while its southern side extends into Chile, reaching toward the country's port city of Antofagasta.

The Atacama Desert of Chile covers the northern third of the country stretching more than 600 miles (1,000km), and straddles the southern border of Peru. Bound on the west by barren hills and mountains on the Pacific coast, it extends east into the Andes Mountains.

Feb 12, 2019 · Wedged between two mountain ranges along Chile's coast, the Atacama Desert is the oldest and driest desert in the world. It has also provided scientists with a wealth of research...

Nov 6, 2024 · The Atacama Desert in Chile, known as the driest place on Earth, experiences a rare phenomenon called the Atacama Desert Bloom. Despite minimal rainfall, the desert thrives on camanchaca, a ...