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Salar de Talar
Salar de Talar is a 46 square kilometres salt flat located in the high puna of northern Chilean Andes, at an altitude of 3,950 m. It is part of a series of salt lakes and salt flats located at the foothills of a chain of volcanoes stretching along the eastern side of the much greater Salar de...
and Salar de Capur, in the high Andean
Andes
The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
plateau of the Antofagasta Region
Antofagasta Region
The II Antofagasta Region is one of Chile's fifteen first-order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla...
, in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. It is located southwest of the Salar de Atacama
Salar de Atacama
Salar de Atacama is the largest salt flat in Chile. It is located south of San Pedro de Atacama, is surrounded by mountains and has no drainage outlets. To the east is enclosed by the main chain of the Andes, while to the west lies a secondary mountain range of the Andes called Cordillera de Domeyko...
, directly S of Cerro Miñiques
Miñiques
Miñiques is a massive volcanic complex containing a large number of craters, lava domes and flows, located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile. Located south of Volcán Chiliques and west of Cordón Puntas Negras, it is part of a frequently visited attraction conformed by the high plain lagoons...
and SE of Cordón Puntas Negras
Cordón de Puntas Negras
Cordón Puntas Negras is a volcanic chain located east of the Salar de Atacama in Chile's II Region, which runs from the Chiliques volcano on the north to volcán Puntas Negras almost to the SE. The Puntas Negras Volcano volcano forms the common endpoint of two chains of volcanoes in a V-shaped...
forming part of the main branch of the Andean volcanic chain in this area.
Route CH-23 is an approach road to the volcano area.
See also
- List of volcanoes in Chile
- MiñiquesMiñiquesMiñiques is a massive volcanic complex containing a large number of craters, lava domes and flows, located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile. Located south of Volcán Chiliques and west of Cordón Puntas Negras, it is part of a frequently visited attraction conformed by the high plain lagoons...
- Cordón de Puntas NegrasCordón de Puntas NegrasCordón Puntas Negras is a volcanic chain located east of the Salar de Atacama in Chile's II Region, which runs from the Chiliques volcano on the north to volcán Puntas Negras almost to the SE. The Puntas Negras Volcano volcano forms the common endpoint of two chains of volcanoes in a V-shaped...
- Cerro MiscantiCerro MiscantiCerro Miscanti is a mountain located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, immediately south of Chiliques and north of Miñiques. It towers over Laguna Miscanti.-See also:* Miñiques* Chiliques* Laguna Miscanti* Cordón Puntas Negras...
- Cerros de IncahuasiCerros de IncahuasiCerros de Incahuasi is a mountain with several summits located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, near Sico Pass....