Huasco River
Huasco River is a river of Chile located in the Huasco Province, Atacama Region. 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.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Chile
- Also known as: “Rio Guasco”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Faro Monumental de Huasco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huasco.
Huasco River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Atacama, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
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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”
- Jèrriais: “Río Huasco”
- Latvian: “Río Huasco”
- Lithuanian: “Huaskas”
- Lithuanian: “Uaskas (upė)”
- Luxembourgish: “Río Huasco”
- Maltese: “Río Huasco”
- Manx: “Río Huasco”
- Mingrelian: “უასკო (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “უასკო”
- 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: “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
Places to explore: Huasco Bajo and El Pino.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Islote Ballena and Islote Cayo.
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