Mejillones Peninsula
Mejillones Peninsula protrudes from the coast of northern Chile north of Antofagasta and south of the port of Mejillones. The basement rocks of the peninsula are made of metamorphic and igneous rocks that formed in the Late Triassic plus plutons formed in the Early Jurassic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Mejillones Peninsula
- Type: Peninsula
- Also known as: “Peninsula Mejillones” and “Península Mejillones”
- Category: landform
- Location: Antofagasta, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-23.28298° or 23° 16′ 59″ southLongitude
-70.51438° or 70° 30′ 52″ westElevation
126 metres (413 feet)Open location code
578FPF8P+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 5292877341OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peninsula
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Mejillones Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅希约内斯半岛”
- French: “péninsule de Mejillones”
- French: “Péninsule de Mejillones”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Mejillones”
- Spanish: “Península de Mejillones”
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