Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert is a desert plateau on the Pacific coast of South America, stretching along a 1,600-kilometre-long strip of land in northern Chile, west of the Andes.
- Desert
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,660 metres (8,720 feet)
- Description: desert in South America
- Also known as“Atacama”“Atacoma Desert”“Desert of Atacama”“The Atacama”
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Latitude
-24.5563° or 24° 33′ 23″ south
Longitude
-69.42265° or 69° 25′ 22″ west
Open location code
577GCHVG+FW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = desert
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Atacama Desert” goes by many names.
AtacamaAfrikaans
AtacamawoestynAfrikaans
AtakamaAlbanian
أتاكاماArabic
أتكاماArabic
صحراء أتاكاماArabic
صحراء أتكاماArabic
Աթակամա անապատArmenian
ԱտակամաArmenian
Ատակամա անապատArmenian
AtacamaAsturian
Desiertu d’AtacamaAsturian
AtakamaAzerbaijani
АтакамаBashkir
AtacamaBasque
Atacama basamortuaBasque
Atacamako basamortuaBasque
AtacamawüstnBavarian
АтакамаBelarusian
Пустыня АтакамаBelarusian
আতাকামা মরুভূমিBengali
AtacamaBosnian
Dezerzh AtacamaBreton
АтакамаBulgarian
AtacamaCatalan
Desert d’AtacamaCatalan
Atacama DesertCebuano
بیابانی ئاتاکاماCentral Kurdish
阿他加馬沙漠Chinese
阿他加马沙漠Chinese
阿塔卡玛沙漠Chinese
阿塔卡馬沙漠Chinese
阿塔卡马Chinese
阿塔卡马沙漠Chinese
AtacamaCroatian
AtacamaCzech
AtakamaCzech
AtacamaDanish
AtacamaørkenDanish
AtacamaørkenenDanish
AtacamaDutch
AtacamawoestijnDutch
اتاكاماEgyptian Arabic
Atakama-DezertoEsperanto
AtakamoEsperanto
AtacamaEstonian
Atacama kõrbEstonian
AtacamaFinnish
Atacaman aavikkoFinnish
Atacaman autiomaaFinnish
Deserto de AtacamaGalician
ატაკამაGeorgian
ატაკამას უდაბნოGeorgian
ატაკამის უდაბნოGeorgian
ΑτακάμαGreek
Έρημος ΑτακάμαGreek
અતાકામા રણGujarati
אטקאמהHebrew
אטקמהHebrew
מדבר אטקאמהHebrew
מדבר אטקמהHebrew
अटाकामा मरुस्थलHindi
आताकामा मरुस्थलHindi
आताकामा रेगिस्तानHindi
AtacamaHungarian
Atacama-sivatagHungarian
AtacamaIcelandic
Atacama-eyðimörkinIcelandic
AtakamaIdo
AtacamaIndonesian
Gurun AtacamaIndonesian
Deserto AtacamaInterlingua
Gaineamhlach AtacamaIrish
AtacamaItalian
Deserto di AtacamaItalian
アタカマ砂漠Japanese
Sagara wedhi AtacamaJavanese
Segara wedhi AtacamaJavanese
ಅಟಕಾಮಾ ಮರುಭೂಮಿKannada
AtakamaKara-Kalpak
Atakama shóliKara-Kalpak
АтакамаKazakh
АтакамаKirghiz
아따까마 사막Korean
아타카마 사막Korean
AtacamaKurdish
AtakamaKurdish
AtacamaLatin
Atacama (desertum)Latin
Atakamas tuksnesisLatvian
AtakamaLithuanian
Atakamos dykumaLithuanian
AtacamawüstLuxembourgish
АтакамаMacedonian
Gurun AtacamaMalay
Atacama DesertMalayalam
അറ്റാക്കമMalayalam
അറ്റാക്കമ മരുഭൂമിMalayalam
अताकामा वाळवंटMarathi
آتاکاماMazanderani
ატაკამაMingrelian
अटाकामा मरुभूमिNepali
AtacamaNorthern Frisian
AtacamaørkenenNorwegian
AtacamaNorwegian Bokmål
Atacama-ørkenenNorwegian Bokmål
AtacamaNorwegian Nynorsk
Atacama-ørkenenNorwegian Nynorsk
AtacamaOccitan (post 1500)
Desèrt d’AtacamaOccitan (post 1500)
АтакамæOssetian
ਆਤਾਕਾਮਾ ਮਾਰੂਥਲPanjabi
آتاکاماPersian
بیابان اتاکاماPersian
صحرای آتاکاماPersian
AtacamaPolish
AtakamaPolish
Pustynia AtacamaPolish
AtacamaQuechua
AtakamaQuechua
Atakama ch’in pachaQuechua
AtacamaRomanian
Deșertul AtacamaRomanian
АтакамаRussian
Пустыня АтакамаRussian
Atacama DesertScots
AtacamaScottish Gaelic
Atacama DesertScottish Gaelic
АтакамаSerbian
AtacamaSerbo-Croatian
اٽاڪاما ريگستانSindhi
AtacamaSlovak
AtacamaSlovenian
AtakamaSlovenian
AtacamaSwahili
AtacamaöknenSwedish
AtacamaplatånSwedish
AtacamaTagalog
АтакамаTajik
அட்டகாமாTamil
அட்டகாமா பாலைவனம்Tamil
Атакама чүлеTatar
అటకామా ఎడారిTelugu
ทะเลทรายอาตากามาThai
ทะเลทรายอาทาคามาThai
Atacama ÇölüTurkish
Atacama SisiTurkish
Atakama ÇölüTurkish
АтакамаUkrainian
Пустеля АтакамаUkrainian
ایٹا کاماUrdu
صحرائے ایٹا کاماUrdu
AtakamaUzbek
Hoang mạc AtacamaVietnamese
Sa mạc AtacamaVietnamese
Disyerto AtacamaWaray (Philippines)
Anialwch yr AtacamaWelsh
ایٹاکاما روہیWestern Panjabi
صحرائے ایٹاکاماWestern Panjabi
阿塔卡马沙漠Wu Chinese
阿塔卡馬沙漠Yue Chinese
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