Norte Grande
The Norte Grande is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. It borders Peru to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Altiplano, Bolivia and Argentina to the east, and the Copiapó River to the south, beyond which lies the Norte Chico natural region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 532 residents
- Description: geographic region
- Also known as: “Norte Grande (Neves)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pico da Esperança and Church of Santo António.
Pico da Esperança
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Pico da Esperança is the highest mountain of São Jorge Island, Azores. Its elevation is 1,053 m. It is situated in the Norte Grande parish, Velas municipality.
Pico das Caldeirinhas (Urzelina)
Volcano
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Pico das Caldeirinhas (Urzelina) is a volcano, which is situated 4 km west of Norte Grande.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urzelina.
Urzelina
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Urzelina is a civil parish in the municipality of Velas in the Portuguese islands of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 902, in an area of 13.69 km². Urzelina is situated 5 km southwest of Norte Grande.
Norte Grande
- Category: region
- Location: Velas Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Norte Grande” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Iparralde Handia (Txile)”
- Basque: “Iparralde Handia”
- Breton: “Norte grande Chile”
- Chinese: “北格兰德”
- Chinese: “智利遠北地區”
- Dutch: “Norte Grande”
- French: “Norte grande”
- French: “Norte Grande”
- German: “Großer Norden”
- German: “Norte Grande”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Χιλή”
- Hebrew: “צפון צ’ילה”
- Indonesian: “Norte Grande, Chili”
- Indonesian: “Norte Grande”
- Italian: “Cile settentrionale”
- Italian: “Norte Grande”
- Japanese: “ノルテ・グランデ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norte grande”
- Portuguese: “Norte Grande do Chile”
- Portuguese: “Norte Grande”
- Spanish: “Norte grande de Chile”
- Spanish: “Norte Grande de Chile”
- Spanish: “Norte Grande”
- Swedish: “Norte Grande”
- Venetian: “Ciłe setentrionałe”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pico da Esperança and Pico do Carvão (São Jorge).
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Norte Grande”. Photo: Till.niermann, CC BY-SA 3.0.