Ruinas de Huanchaca

Ruinas de Huanchaca is a former silver smelter in , Chile. The smelter was built from 1888 and 1892. Compañía Minera Huanchaca built the smelter together with Compañía de Salitres y Ferrocarril de Antofagasta.
  • Ruins
  • …dates from 1888
  • Description: national monument of Chile

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museo del Desierto de Atacama.
is a museum, which is situated 120 metres west of Ruinas de Huanchaca.
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
-23.68609° or 23° 41′ 10″ south
Longitude
-70.41147° or 70° 24′ 41″ west
Open location code
578F8H7Q+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.”

Northern Chile: Highlights

Learn more about La Serena and Arica.