Chuquicamata

Chuquicamata is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world. It is located in the north of , just outside , at 2,850 m above sea level.
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  • Type: Industry
  • Description: Chilean mine of copper
  • Also known as: División Chuquicamata

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chuquicamata.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southwest of Chuquicamata.

Chuquicamata

Latitude
-22.28715° or 22° 17′ 14″ south
Longitude
-68.89531° or 68° 53′ 43″ west
Operator
Codelco
Open location code
579HP473+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 355143364
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q746606
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Chuquicamata” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Chuquicamata
  • Arabic: تشوكويكاماتا
  • Azerbaijani: Çukikamata
  • Basque: Chuquicamata
  • Bulgarian: Чукикамата
  • Catalan: Chuquicamata
  • Cebuano: Chuquicamata Copper Mine
  • Chinese: 丘基卡馬塔
  • Chinese: 丘基卡马塔
  • Croatian: Chuquicamata
  • Czech: Důl Chuquicamata
  • Danish: Chuquicamata
  • Dimli (individual language): Chuquicamata
  • Dutch: Chuquicamata
  • Esperanto: Chuquicamata
  • French: Chuquicamata
  • French: Mine de Chuquicamata
  • German: Chuquicamata
  • Hebrew: צ’וקיקמטה
  • Indonesian: Chuquicamata
  • Italian: Chuquicamata
  • Japanese: チュキカマタ
  • Lithuanian: Čukikamata
  • Macedonian: Чукикамата
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chuquicamata
  • Norwegian: Chuquicamata
  • Polish: Chuquicamata
  • Portuguese: Chuquicamata
  • Russian: Чукикамата
  • Serbo-Croatian: Chuquicamata
  • Slovenian: Chuquicamata
  • Spanish: Chuquicamata
  • Swedish: Chuquicamata
  • Turkish: Chuquicamata
  • Ukrainian: Чукікамата

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