Tarapacá
Tamarugal Province
Huara

Atacama Giant

The Atacama Giant is an anthropomorphic geoglyph on the Cerro Unitas area of the , . At about 119 meters, is the largest prehispanic anthropomorphic geoglyph.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: geoglyph in Chile
  • Also known as: “Geoglifo de Cerro Unita”, “Gigante de Atacama”, and “Gigante de Tarapaca”

Atacama Giant

Latitude
-19.94907° or 19° 56′ 57″ south
Longitude
-69.63365° or 69° 38′ 1″ west
Open location code
57GG3928+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 200726660
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1156421
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Atacama Giant” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Gegant d’Atacama”
  • Catalan: “Gegant de Tarapacá”
  • Catalan: “Geoglif de Cerro Unita”
  • Chinese: “阿塔卡馬巨人地表畫像”
  • Chinese: “阿塔卡马巨人地表画像”
  • Dutch: “Atacama-reus”
  • Finnish: “Atacaman jättiläinen”
  • French: “Geant d’Atacama”
  • French: “Géant d’Atacama”
  • Georgian: “ატაკამის გოლიათი”
  • German: “Gigante de Atacama”
  • German: “Gigante de Tarapaca”
  • German: “Gigante de Tarapacá”
  • German: “Riese von Atacama”
  • Greek: “Ο γίγαντας της Ατακάμα”
  • Italian: “Gigante di Atacama”
  • Italian: “Il Gigante di Atacama”
  • Japanese: “Atacama Giant”
  • Japanese: “アタカマの巨人”
  • Korean: “세로 우니타 거인”
  • Korean: “아타카마 거인”
  • Korean: “아타카마의 거인”
  • Korean: “우니타 언덕의 거인”
  • Lithuanian: “Atakamos milžinas”
  • Russian: “Гигант из пустыни Атакама”
  • Russian: “Гигант из пустыни Атакамы”
  • Spanish: “El Gigante de Atacama”
  • Spanish: “Gigante de Atacama”
  • Thai: “ยักษ์อาตากามา”
  • Ukrainian: “Гігант з пустелі Атакама”
  • Ukrainian: “Гігант із пустелі Атакама”

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Highlights include Cerro Unita and Bien Nacional Protegido Cerro Unita.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Atacama Giant”. Photo: Flickr profile, CC BY-SA 2.0.