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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Licancabur volcano → overlooks → Atacama Desert ⓘ
subject surface form: Licancabur
San Pedro volcano → surroundings → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Ollagüe volcano → near → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Atacama Trench → near → Atacama Desert ⓘ
European Extremely Large Telescope → location → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Nazca Desert → partOf → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert ecoregion
Caldera → gatewayTo → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Caldera → near → Atacama Desert ⓘ
SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope → geographicRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
Chañaral → locatedOn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert shoreline
Taltal → locatedNear → Atacama Desert ⓘ
New Technology Telescope → geographicRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
NTT 3.58 m Telescope → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
La Silla mountain → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Cerro Vicuña Mackenna → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Cerro Vicuña Mackenna → viewOver → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Pacific coast of South America → hasDesertRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
America → contains → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Magellan Project → locatedInRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
Atacameño → primaryRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
El Tatio geyser field → region → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Plateau
Pukará de Quitor → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Tulor archaeological site → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Valle de la Luna → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
San Pedro de Atacama Church → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
El Loa Airport → regionServed → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Likan Antai → region → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Laguna Miscanti → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
MagAO → observatorySite → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
LCO → locatedInRegion → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
Huasco → locatedNear → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Valle de la Muerte → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Valle de la Muerte → hasViewOf → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Tierra Amarilla → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Freirina → partOf → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert region
MIKE → observatorySite → Atacama Desert ⓘ
El Loa Province → hasNotableFeature → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Alto del Carmen → locatedInDesert → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Kunza → spokenIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Salar de Pedernales → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Copiapó Province → partOf → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Huasco Province → locatedInDesert → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Cordillera Occidental → adjacentTo → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Copiapó River → flowsThrough → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Copiapó River → locatedInDesert → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Paso de Jama → nearbyFeature → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Huasco River → locatedIn → Atacama Desert ⓘ
Bahía Inglesa → hasNearbyAttraction → Atacama Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atacama Desert landscapes