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Volcan Licancabur  
   

Volcan Licancabur

Edge of town
San Pedro de Atacama

November 3rd 2011
San Pedro is located at 2436m above sea level, near the north side of the salt deposit of Atacama (the biggest in Chile). It is located in one of the many oases in the Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world as it hasn’t rained for over 250 years. San Pedro is situated at the foothills of the Andean Cordillera which reaches 6100m high in this area. The volcano Licancabur (5916m – hig ... read more
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Chilean Flag Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more
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