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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  • Industry
  • …lies at an elevation of around 2,500 metres (8,200 feet)
  • …is also known as “División Chuquicamata”
  • …is operated by Codelco
  • Description: Chilean mine of copper

Places in the Area

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

Chuquicamata

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Latitude
-22.28715° or 22° 17′ 14″ south
Longitude
-68.89531° or 68° 53′ 43″ west
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”
  • Korean: “추키카마타”
  • 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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