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✧ Laguna Miscanti ✧

Laguna Miscanti is a brackish lake in the Altiplano of the Antofagasta Region in northern Chile. It has an area of about 13 km2 (5 sq mi) and the shape of an arrowhead. The lake has no permanent surface inflows or outflows apart from several springs, and is primarily fed and drained by groundwater. Laguna Misca...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Miscanti

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✧ Aucanquilcha ✧

Aucanquilcha is a large stratovolcano located in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, just west of the border with Bolivia and within the Alto Loa National Reserve. Part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, it takes the form of a ridge, with a maximum height of 6,176 metres (20,262 ft). The volcano is embedd...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aucanquilcha

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✧ Tocopilla railway ✧

The Tocopilla railway was a mountain railway built to serve the sodium nitrate mines in the Toco area of the Antofagasta Region in Chile. With a gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm), it ran from the port of Tocopilla on the Pacific coast up to a height of 4,902 feet (1,494 metres), with gradients up to 1 in 24. The railway was built by a j...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocopilla_railway