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Puerto Williams

Chile > Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region > Provincia de la Antártica Chilena > Cape Horn

The climate of Puerto Williams is a tundra climate (ET) bordering closely on a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) according to the Köppen climate classification. The summers are short and cool while the winters are long, wet, but moderate. Rainfall is around 512.3 mm (20 in) a year and temperatures are steady…

Average elevation: 151 m

Santiago

Chile > Santiago Metropolitan Region > Provincia de Santiago

The city lies in the center of the Santiago Basin, a large bowl-shaped valley consisting of broad and fertile lands surrounded by mountains. The city has a varying elevation, gradually increasing from 400 m (1,312 ft) in the western areas to more than 700 m (2,297 ft) in the eastern areas. Santiago's…

Average elevation: 553 m

Curicó

Chile > Maule Region > Provincia de Curicó

Average elevation: 658 m

Antofagasta

Chile > Antofagasta Region > Provincia de Antofagasta

The city has an average elevation of 40 m (131 ft).

Average elevation: 952 m

Zona Austral

Chile > Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica > Provincia de Última Esperanza > Puerto Natales

In the far south (Chile Austral), which extends from Valdivia through the Chacao Channel to Cape Horn, the Andes and the South Pacific meet. This district of the country is mountainous, heavily forested and inhospitable. The deeply indented coastline is filled with islands which preserve the general outline of…

Average elevation: 768 m

Juan Fernández Islands

Chile > Valparaiso Region > Provincia de Valparaíso > Juan Fernández

Alejandro Selkirk is the largest of the Juan Fernández Islands at 49.5 km2 (19.1 sq mi), and its highest peak, Cerro de Los Inocentes, is also the highest point of the archipelago at 1,268 m (4,160 ft). The island's population was 57 in 2012. Robinson Crusoe is the second largest island in the archipelago at…

Average elevation: 0 m

Maule Region

Chile

Average elevation: 908 m

Los Lagos Region

Chile

Average elevation: 426 m

Araucanía Region

Chile

Average elevation: 654 m

Los Ríos Region

Chile

Average elevation: 430 m

Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica

Chile

The topography can be divided in four regions: an outer archipelago region (Spanish: Región Archipielágica) to the west and south, a mountain region in the west and south (Spanish: Región Cordillerana), a plains region (Spanish: Región de las Planicies Orientales) in the northeast plus a sub-Andean zone…

Average elevation: 126 m

Santiago Metropolitan Region

Chile

Most of the region is made up of an extremely fertile, level prairie that the locals call la Depresión intermedia (Intermediate Depression). The terrain is known for its low elevation in relation to sea level and for being surrounded by hills, as well as emergent so-called island hills, such as Santa Lucía…

Average elevation: 1,721 m

Aysén Region

Chile

Corresponding to the Northern Patagonian Ice Field and the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, which are located at higher altitudes, temperatures are cold enough to maintain permanent ice fields. These two ice fields receive abundant precipitation year-round, particularly in the west facing slopes of the Andes…

Average elevation: 438 m

Antofagasta Region

Chile

Average elevation: 2,361 m

Norte Grande

Chile > Antofagasta Region > Provincia de Antofagasta > Sierra Gorda

The desert region is an elevated arid plateau descending gradually from the Andes towards the coast, where it breaks down abruptly from elevations of 800 to 1500 ft. From the sea this plateau escarpment has the appearance of a range of flat topped hills closely following the coast line. This topography…

Average elevation: 2,112 m

Easter Island

Chile > Valparaiso Region

Average elevation: 5 m

Copiapó

Chile > Atacama Region > Provincia de Copiapó

Average elevation: 1,659 m

Santiago

Chile > Santiago Metropolitan Region > Provincia de Santiago > Santiago

The city lies in the center of the Santiago Basin, a large bowl-shaped valley consisting of broad and fertile lands surrounded by mountains. The city has a varying elevation, gradually increasing from 400 m (1,312 ft) in the western areas to more than 700 m (2,297 ft) in the eastern areas. Santiago's…

Average elevation: 724 m

Salar de Atacama

Chile > Antofagasta Region

The salt flat encompasses 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi), is about 100 km (62 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide, which makes it the third largest in the world, after Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia (10,582 km2 (4,086 sq mi)). and Salinas Grandes in Argentina (6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi)). Its average elevation is about 2,300 m…

Average elevation: 2,632 m

Provincia de Santiago

Chile > Santiago Metropolitan Region

Most of the province is made up of an extremely fertile, level prairie that the locals call la Depresión intermedia (Intermediate Depression). The terrain is known for its low elevation in relation to sea level and for being surrounded by hills, as well as emergent so-called island hills, such as Santa Lucía…

Average elevation: 1,701 m

San Pedro de Atacama

Chile > Antofagasta Region > Provincia de El Loa

The town lies at an average of 8,000 feet (2,400 m), thus visitors often experience mild altitude sickness such as dizziness, lethargy and headaches. The local climate is extremely dry and mild, with daytime temperatures between 25–30 degrees Celsius (77–86 degrees Fahrenheit) in the summer (December to…

Average elevation: 3,428 m

Tongoy

Chile > Coquimbo Region > Provincia de Elqui > Coquimbo > Tongoy

Average elevation: 30 m

Aysén

Chile > Aysén Region > Provincia de Aysén > Aysén

Average elevation: 311 m

Limarí

Chile > Coquimbo Region > Limarí

Average elevation: 181 m

Guanaqueros

Chile > Coquimbo Region > Coquimbo > Guanaqueros

Average elevation: 63 m

Guallatiri

Chile > Arica and Parinacota Region > Putre

Guallatiri has been active in historical times with a number of eruptions, the latest in 1960. Fumarolic and seismic activity is ongoing and has resulted in the deposition of sulfur and other minerals on the volcano. The volcano is covered by an ice cap above 5,500 metres (18,000 ft) elevation. Guallatiri,…

Average elevation: 5,651 m

Umiña

Chile > Tarapacá Region > Provincia del Tamarugal > Colchane

Average elevation: 3,875 m

Vega Larga

Chile > Maule Region > Vega Larga

Average elevation: 709 m

Atacama Desert

Chile > Antofagasta Region > Antofagasta

The Coastal Cliff of northern Chile west of the Chilean Coast Range is the main topographical feature of the coast. The geomorphology of the Atacama Desert has been characterized as a low-relief bench "similar to a giant uplifted terrace" by Armijo and co-workers. The intermediate depression (or Central…

Average elevation: 1,961 m

Cachapoal

Chile > O'Higgins Region > Coinco

Average elevation: 308 m

Río Ibáñez

Chile > Aysén Region > Río Ibáñez

Average elevation: 314 m

Villa Alemana

Chile > Valparaiso Region > Villa Alemana

Average elevation: 225 m

La Reina

Chile > Santiago Metropolitan Region > La Reina

Average elevation: 864 m

Iquique

Chile > Tarapacа Region > Provincia de Iquique

Average elevation: 459 m

Hospicio

Chile > Tarapacá Region > Hospicio

Average elevation: 488 m

Chillán

Chile > Ñuble Region > Chillán

Average elevation: 165 m

Atacama Region

Chile

Average elevation: 2,011 m

Talca

Chile > Maule Region > Provincia de Talca

Average elevation: 138 m

San Javier

Chile > Maule Region > San Javier

Average elevation: 164 m

San Clemente

Chile > Maule Region > San Clemente

Average elevation: 622 m

La Serena

Chile > Coquimbo Region > Provincia de Elqui

Average elevation: 390 m

Combarbalá

Chile > Coquimbo Region > Provincia de Limarí

Combarbalá is the capital city of the commune of Combarbala. It is located in the Limarí Province, Region of Coquimbo, at an elevation of 900 m (2,952 ft). It is known for the tourist astronomic observatory Cruz del Sur; the petroglyphs of Rincon las Chilcas; its typical handcraft made of the unique…

Average elevation: 1,444 m

Ovalle

Chile > Coquimbo Region > Ovalle

Average elevation: 765 m

Santa Juana

Chile > Biobío Region > Santa Juana

Average elevation: 262 m

Pucón

Chile > Araucanía Region > Pucón

Average elevation: 683 m

Easter Island

Chile > Valparaiso Region > Easter Island Province

The current Polynesian name of the island, Rapa Nui ("Big Rapa"), was coined after the slave raids of the early 1860s, and refers to the island's topographic resemblance to the island of Rapa in the Bass Islands of the Austral Islands group. However, Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl argued that Rapa was…

Average elevation: 0 m

Valdivia

Chile > Los Ríos Region > Valdivia

Within the context of plate tectonics the city lies at a convergent margin where Nazca Plate in the Pacific is subducted beneath the South American Plate. Topographically Valdivia lies in a depression amidst the Chilean Coast Range. The basement rocks that crops out in the hills around the city are of…

Average elevation: 143 m

Osorno

Chile > Los Lagos Region > Osorno

Average elevation: 105 m

Chiloé Island

Chile > Los Lagos Region > Chonchi

Average elevation: 44 m

Quellón

Chile > Los Lagos Region > Quellón

Average elevation: 88 m

Atacama Large Millimeter Array Science Preserve

Chile > Antofagasta Region > San Pedro de Atacama

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which observe electromagnetic radiation at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. The array has been constructed on the 5,000 m (16,000 ft) elevation…

Average elevation: 4,815 m

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