Biobio Region topographic map

The city lies in the center of the Santiago Basin, a large bowl-shaped valley consisting of broad and fertile lands surrounded by mountains. The city has a varying elevation, gradually increasing from 400 m (1,312 ft) in the western areas to more than 700 m (2,297 ft) in the eastern areas. Santiago's…

Average elevation: 2,369 ft

Average elevation: 774 ft

The Coastal Cliff of northern Chile west of the Chilean Coast Range is the main topographical feature of the coast. The geomorphology of the Atacama Desert has been characterized as a low-relief bench "similar to a giant uplifted terrace" by Armijo and co-workers. The intermediate depression (or Central…

Average elevation: 6,434 ft

Average elevation: 3,353 ft

Average elevation: 256 ft

The city lies in the center of the Santiago Basin, a large bowl-shaped valley consisting of broad and fertile lands surrounded by mountains. The city has a varying elevation, gradually increasing from 400 m (1,312 ft) in the western areas to more than 700 m (2,297 ft) in the eastern areas. Santiago's…

Average elevation: 2,375 ft

Average elevation: 85 ft

Average elevation: 85 ft

Tupungato Department, an important Argentine wine-producing region in Mendoza province, is named for the volcano. Recent Chilean mapping indicates it has a summit elevation of 6635 m.

Average elevation: 19,692 ft

The Coastal Cliff of northern Chile west of the Chilean Coast Range is the main topographical feature of the coast. The geomorphology of the Atacama Desert has been characterized as a low-relief bench "similar to a giant uplifted terrace" by Armijo and co-workers. The intermediate depression (or Central…

Average elevation: 6,434 ft

Located in the commune of Lo Barnechea, 36 km from Santiago at an altitude of 2,340 meters above sea level (7,874 feet), Farellones has a health centre, a school, and about 200 houses. The houses and cabins are made of wood, giving the village its characteristic look.

Average elevation: 7,359 ft

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Average elevation: 6,286 ft

Average elevation: 72 ft

Bahia Inglesa ("English Bay") is a locality located near the port of Caldera in Atacama Region, Chile. It is situated at an average elevation of 10 meters above the sea level. As of 2017, it had a population of 535.

Average elevation: 33 ft

Average elevation: 1,145 ft

Average elevation: 3 ft

The city lies in the center of the Santiago Basin, a large bowl-shaped valley consisting of broad and fertile lands surrounded by mountains. The city has a varying elevation, gradually increasing from 400 m (1,312 ft) in the western areas to more than 700 m (2,297 ft) in the eastern areas. Santiago's…

Average elevation: 2,369 ft

Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile. The upper reaches of Ojos del Salado consist of several overlapping lava domes, lava flows and volcanic craters, with sparse ice cover. The complex…

Average elevation: 21,148 ft

Average elevation: 6,286 ft

Average elevation: 1,358 ft

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In the far south (Chile Austral), which extends from Valdivia through the Chacao Channel to Cape Horn, the Andes and the South Pacific meet. This district of the country is mountainous, heavily forested and inhospitable. The deeply indented coastline is filled with islands which preserve the general outline of…

Average elevation: 2,520 ft

Average elevation: 433 ft

Average elevation: 751 ft

The city lies in the center of the Santiago Basin, a large bowl-shaped valley consisting of broad and fertile lands surrounded by mountains. The city has a varying elevation, gradually increasing from 400 meters (1,300 feet) in the western areas to more than 700 m (2,297 ft) in the eastern areas. Santiago's…

Average elevation: 2,369 ft

Average elevation: 105 ft

The climate of Puerto Williams is a temperate subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) bordering closely on a tundra climate (ET) according to the Köppen climate classification. The summers are short and cool while the winters are long, wet, but moderate. Rainfall is around 512.3 mm (20 in) a year and temperatures are…

Average elevation: 495 ft

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Average elevation: 21,148 ft

The climate of Puerto Williams is a temperate subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) bordering closely on a tundra climate (ET) according to the Köppen climate classification. The summers are short and cool while the winters are long, wet, but moderate. Rainfall is around 512.3 mm (20 in) a year and temperatures are…

Average elevation: 495 ft

The city lies in the center of the Santiago Basin, a large bowl-shaped valley consisting of broad and fertile lands surrounded by mountains. The city has a varying elevation, gradually increasing from 400 m (1,312 ft) in the western areas to more than 700 m (2,297 ft) in the eastern areas. Santiago's…

Average elevation: 2,375 ft

Cerro Las Tórtolas is a peak at the border of Argentina and Chile with an elevation of 6,145 metres (20,161 ft) metres and located at the Central Andes. It is on the border of the Argentinean province of San Juan and Chilean province of Elqui. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of Argentinean…

Average elevation: 18,406 ft

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Average elevation: 8,930 ft

Average elevation: 128 ft

Although many lakes can be found in the Andean and coastal regions of central Chile, the south (Sur de Chile) has the country's most lakes. Southern Chile stretches from below the Río Bío-Bío at about 37° south latitude to below Isla de Chiloé at about 43.4° south latitude. In this lake district of…

Average elevation: 1,309 ft

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The topography of central Chile includes a coastal range of mountains running parallel to the Andes. Lying between the two mountain ranges is the so-called Central Valley, which contains some of the richest agricultural land in the country, especially in its northern portion. The area just north and south of…

Average elevation: 3,678 ft

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Average elevation: 161 ft

Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile. The upper reaches of Ojos del Salado consist of several overlapping lava domes, lava flows and volcanic craters, with sparse ice cover. The complex…

Average elevation: 21,148 ft

Average elevation: 10,797 ft

Average elevation: 653 ft

Average elevation: 3,287 ft

Average elevation: 2,992 ft

Average elevation: 531 ft

Average elevation: 66 ft

Average elevation: 1,795 ft

Lejía Lake is a circular, shallow lake at an elevation of 4,325 metres (14,190 ft) with a surface area of 1.9 square kilometres (0.73 sq mi) or 2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi). It is a polymictic lake which freezes over occasionally and whose waters are turned over quickly, mainly through evaporation. Winds…

Average elevation: 14,242 ft

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Average elevation: 2,457 ft

Average elevation: 1,965 ft

Average elevation: 15,180 ft

Tronador (Spanish: Cerro Tronador) is an extinct stratovolcano in the southern Andes, located along the border between Argentina and Chile, near the Argentine city of Bariloche. The mountain was named Tronador (Spanish for "Thunderer") by locals in reference to the sound of falling seracs. With an altitude of…

Average elevation: 9,304 ft

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