Salar del Huasco
Salar del Huasco is a salt flat dotted with ponds and salt marshes, and seasonally partially covered with water, in northern Chile. It is part of Ramsar Site 874, and was, for several years, a national park.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: national park and ramsar area in Chile
- Also known as: “Salar del Guasco”, “Salar del Huasco National Park”, and “Sitio Ramsar y Santuario de la Naturaleza Salar de Huasco”
- Address: Pica
Salar del Huasco
- Categories: national park, salt pan, body of water, endorheic basin, Ramsar site, and recreation area
- Location: Tarapacá, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-20.29929° or 20° 17′ 57″ south
Longitude
-68.84775° or 68° 50′ 52″ west
Elevation
3,786 metres (12,421 feet)
Inception
May 18th, 2005
Operator
Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales
Open location code
57FHP522+7W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Salar del Huasco” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Salar del Guasco”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Salar del Huasco”
- French: “Salar del Huasco”
- French: “sanctuaire naturel de Salar del Huasco”
- German: “Huasco-Salztonebene”
- German: “Nationalpark Salar del Huasco”
- Italian: “parco nazionale di Salar del Huasco”
- Italian: “parco nazionale Salar del Huasco”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Salar del Huasco”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional Salar del Huasco”
- Spanish: “Salar de Huasco”
- Spanish: “Salar del Huasco”
- Swedish: “Salar del Guasco”
- Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Salar del Huasco”
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