Huasco River

Huasco River is a river of Chile located in the , . Its headwaters in the upper catchments in high-altitude Andes glaciers are the Estrecho River, a tributary of El Tránsito River, and Potrerillos River, a tributary of El Carmen River.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Chile
  • Also known as: Rio Guasco

Places of Interest

Highlights include Faro Monumental de Huasco.

Lighthouse
is a lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Huasco.

Town
is a city and commune, in the , . It is the central town of a mining district dominated by medium-scale mining.

Huasco River

Latitude
-28.44751° or 28° 26′ 51″ south
Longitude
-71.20603° or 71° 12′ 22″ west
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
573CHQ2V+XH
Geo­Names ID
3887753
Wiki­data ID
Q738407
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Satellite Map

Discover Huasco River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Huasco River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Río Huasco
  • Albanian: Río Huasco
  • Aragonese: Río Huasco
  • Asturian: Río Huasco
  • Basque: Huasco ibaia
  • Basque: Río Huasco
  • Bavarian: Río Huasco
  • Bosnian: Río Huasco
  • Breton: Río Huasco
  • Catalan: Río Huasco
  • Cebuano: Río Huasco
  • Chinese: 瓦斯科河
  • Cornish: Río Huasco
  • Corsican: Río Huasco
  • Croatian: Río Huasco
  • Czech: Río Huasco
  • Danish: Río Huasco
  • Dutch: Río Huasco
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر هواسكو
  • Esperanto: Río Huasco
  • Estonian: Río Huasco
  • Faroese: Río Huasco
  • Finnish: Río Huasco
  • French: Río Huasco
  • Galician: Río Huasco
  • Georgian: უასკო (მდინარე)
  • Georgian: უასკო
  • German: Río Huasco
  • Hungarian: Río Huasco
  • Icelandic: Río Huasco
  • Indonesian: Río Huasco
  • Irish: Abhainn Huasco
  • Italian: Río Huasco
  • Japanese: ウアスコ川
  • Latvian: Río Huasco
  • Lithuanian: Huaskas
  • Lithuanian: Uaskas (upė)
  • Luxembourgish: Río Huasco
  • Maltese: Río Huasco
  • Manx: Río Huasco
  • Mingrelian: უასკო (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: უასკო
  • Narom: Río Huasco
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Río Huasco
  • Occitan (post 1500): Río Huasco
  • Piemontese: Río Huasco
  • Polish: Río Huasco
  • Portuguese: Rio Huasco
  • Romanian: Río Huasco
  • Romansh: Río Huasco
  • Russian: Уаско
  • Scottish Gaelic: Río Huasco
  • Serbo-Croatian: Huasco (rijeka)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Huasco
  • Slovak: Río Huasco
  • Slovenian: Río Huasco
  • Spanish: Rio Huasco
  • Spanish: Río Huasco
  • Swedish: Río Huasco
  • Tahitian: Río Huasco
  • Turkish: Río Huasco
  • Venetian: Fiume Huasco
  • Walloon: Río Huasco
  • Welsh: Afon Huasco
  • Zulu: Río Huasco

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Huasco Bajo and El Pino.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Islote Ballena and Islote Cayo.

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