Atacama Desert

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desert geographical region plateau

The Atacama Desert is an extremely arid plateau in northern Chile, renowned as one of the driest places on Earth and a premier site for astronomical observatories.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Atacama Desert canonical 186
Atacama Desert region 25
Atacama Plateau 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall less than 15 millimeters ⓘ
borders Pacific Ocean ⓘ
climateType hyper-arid ⓘ
contains Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ⓘ
La Silla Observatory vicinity ⓘ
Paranal Observatory vicinity ⓘ
Very Large Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Very Large Telescope sites (nearby in Atacama region)
country Chile ⓘ
hasArea approximately 105000 square kilometers ⓘ
hasAtmosphericCondition low atmospheric water vapor ⓘ
low cloud cover ⓘ
low humidity ⓘ
hasEcosystemType cold desert ⓘ
hasElevationRange from sea level to over 4000 meters ⓘ
hasFeature dry valleys ⓘ
rocky plateaus ⓘ
salar de Atacama ⓘ
salt flats ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity mining ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Antofagasta ⓘ
Calama ⓘ
Iquique ⓘ
hasNearbyTown San Pedro de Atacama ⓘ
hasResource copper ⓘ
lithium ⓘ
nitrates ⓘ
hasSkyCondition high percentage of clear nights per year ⓘ
hasSoilCharacteristic high salinity ⓘ
low organic content ⓘ
influencedBy Andes rain shadow effect ⓘ
Humboldt Current ⓘ
subtropical high-pressure systems ⓘ
knownFor astronomical observatories ⓘ
being one of the driest places on Earth ⓘ
extreme aridity ⓘ
locatedAlong Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
surface form: Pacific coast
locatedIn northern Chile ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
partOf Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes region
supportsActivity astronomy ⓘ
geological research ⓘ
space science testing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
usedAsAnalogFor Mars astrobiology studies ⓘ
Martian surface ⓘ

Referenced by (224)

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Las Campanas Observatory → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Chile → hasRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Ojos del Salado → near → Atacama Desert ⓘ
South America → hasMajorDesert → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Peru → contains → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
Swope Telescope → locatedInRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Cerro Manqui → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Paso de San Francisco → accessRouteTo → Atacama Desert ⓘ
northern Chile → hasPart → Atacama Desert ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Chile
northern Chile → knownFor → Atacama Desert ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Chile
du Pont Telescope → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
Puna de Atacama → borderedBy → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Giant Magellan Telescope → location → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Pacific coast of Chile → adjacentTo → Atacama Desert ⓘ
La Silla Observatory → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Americas → containsSubregion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
San Pedro de Atacama → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Magellan Clay Telescope → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
Magellan telescope instrumentation suite → observatorySite → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
Cerro Alcaino → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Atacama Region → contains → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Atacama Region → namedAfter → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Norte Chico of Chile → borders → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Norte Chico of Chile → isTransitionZoneBetween → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Diego de Almagro → explored → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Las Campanas, Chile → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
Las Campanas, Chile → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Atacama Desert
Nevado San Francisco → locatedInDesertRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Plateau
Tarapacá Region → contains → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Tarapacá Region → hasDesert → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Paranal Observatory → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Very Large Telescope → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Chilean National System of Protected Wild Areas → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
salar de Atacama → partOf → Atacama Desert ⓘ
subject surface form: Salar de Atacama
Antofagasta → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Antofagasta → partOf → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Antofagasta → locatedInDesertRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Calama → near → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Copiapó → locatedInDesert → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Copiapó → nearbyAttraction → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Southeastern Pacific Ocean → adjacentTo → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Iquique → near → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Arica y Parinacota Region → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Antofagasta Region → partOf → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Arica → partOf → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
OGLE-IV survey → location → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
Lascar volcano → near → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Llullaillaco volcano → hasNearbyDesert → Atacama Desert ⓘ
subject surface form: Llullaillaco