Articles in Chile ( 802 )

802 Articles of interest in Chile

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  • Descabezado Grande

    Descabezado Grande (also Cerro Azul or Quizapu) is a stratovolcano located in the Maule Region of central Chile. It is capped by a 1.4-kilometre-wide (0.9 mi) ice-filled caldera and named for its flat-topped form, as descabezado means "headless" in …

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  • Cordillera Occidental (Bolivia)

    The Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia is part of the Andes (that is also part of the American Cordillera), a mountain range characterized by volcanic activity, making up the natural border with Chile and starting in the north with Juqhuri and ending …

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  • Cerro Castillo

    Cerro Castillo is a jagged rocky peak located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of Chile, within the Cerro Castillo National Reserve. Castillo means castle in Spanish, and the steep basalt walls of the mountain indeed make it l…

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  • Alameda (Santiago)

    Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (English: General Liberator Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue), popularly known as La Alameda (meaning, a road surrounded by poplar trees), is Santiago, Chile's main avenue. It runs east-west in the center of th…

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  • Alberto Hurtado University

    Alberto Hurtado University (Spanish: Universidad Alberto Hurtado) is a Jesuit university located in downtown Santiago. Established in 1997, the university was created from the merger of three separate institutes,Instituto Latinoamericano de Doctrina…

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  • 1730 Valparaíso earthquake

    The 1730 Valparaíso earthquake occurred at 03:45 local time (08:45 UTC) on July 8. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.7 and triggered a major tsunami with an estimated magnitude of Mt=8.75, that inundated the lower parts of Valparaíso.

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  • Toconao

    Toconao is a village 38 km (24 mi) south of San Pedro de Atacama in the San Pedro de Atacama province of Chile's northern Antofagasta Region.

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  • The Grange School, Santiago

    The Grange School is a private co-ed school in La Reina, Santiago, Chile with an enrollment of about 1,800 and over 300 employees. It is known for a strong sports program in addition to high academic standards. It was founded June 4, 1928, by John A…

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  • Sarmiento Channel

    Sarmiento Channel is a principal Patagonia channel, which extends in a north-south direction. It is the southward continuation of the Guia Narrows (Angostura Guía) and is located in Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region.

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  • San Pedro (Chile volcano)

    San Pedro is one of the tallest active volcanoes in the world. It is located on the edge of the Atacama Desert, in Chile. San Pablo volcano is its neighbor to the east and from which is connected by a high saddle. Cerro Paniri volcano lies on the op…

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  • Reloncaví Estuary

    Reloncaví Estuary (Spanish: Esturario de Reloncaví, archaic: Sin Fondo)is a fjord off Reloncaví Sound, located in Los Lagos Region of Chile. Several National Parks and Wilderness Areas are situated in the vicinity of this fjord. Among them are: Aler…

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  • Puerto del Hambre

    Ciudad del Rey Don Felipe, also known as Puerto del Hambre (Port Famine), is a historic settlement site at Buena Bay (locally known as Mansa Bay) on the north shore of the Strait of Magellan approximately 58 km (36 mi) south of Punta Arenas in the R…

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  • O'Higgins Glacier

    O'Higgins Glacier is a glacier located in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, Chile. It is one of the principal glaciers of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. The summit of the active Lautaro volcano is the top of the accumulation zone of the glacier.…

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  • Monturaqui crater

    Monturaqui is a meteorite crater in Chile. It is located south of the Salar de Atacama, in the Antofagasta Region. The crater is exposed at the surface, and is 350–370 m (1,150–1,210 ft) in diameter and approximately 34 m (112 ft) deep.

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  • Maquehue Airport

    Maquehue Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Maquehue) is an airport located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of Temuco, a city in the La Araucanía Region of Chile.

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  • Magellan Planet Search Program

    The Magellan Planet Search Program is a ground based extrasolar planet search device which began gathering data in December 2002. It utilizes the MIKE echelle spectrograph mounted on the Magellan Telescopes which are twin, 6.5m Magellan II (Clay) te…

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  • Lonquimay (volcano)

    Lonquimay Volcano is a stratovolcano of late-Pleistocene to dominantly Holocene age, with the shape of a truncated cone. The cone is largely andesitic, though basaltic and dacitic rocks are present. It is located in the La Araucanía Region of Chile,…

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  • Miscanti Lake

    Miscanti Lake (Spanish: Laguna Miscanti) is a brackish water lake located in the altiplano of the Antofagasta Region, in northern Chile. Miñiques volcano and Cerro Miscanti tower over this lake. This heart-shaped lake has a deep blue color. The west…

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  • Hexapod-Telescope

    The Hexapod-Telescope (HPT) is a telescope located at Cerro Armazones Observatory in northern Chile. The 1.5 metres (59 in) Ritchey-Chrétien reflecting telescope is notable for the design of telescope mount. Instead of the typical mounting where the…

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  • Fueguino

    Fueguino, also known as Cook, is a cluster of lava domes and pyroclastic cones located on Cook Island, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.

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  • Estadio Carlos Dittborn

    Estadio Carlos Dittborn (Carlos Dittborn Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Arica, Chile. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium currently holds 9,746 people and was built in 1962 as a venue for the 1962 World Cup, which w…

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  • Elqui River

    The Elqui River starts in the west Andes, flowing into the Pacific Ocean, crossing the Chilean city of La Serena, is a wine and pisco producing area.

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  • Chilean National History Museum

    The Chilean National History Museum (Spanish: Museo Histórico Nacional or MHN) is located in the Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago in Santiago, Chile in Plaza de Armas. The institution was founded on May 2, 1911, and consists of the former pa…

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  • Chacao Channel

    The Chacao Channel (Spanish: "Canal de Chacao") is located in Los Lagos Region, Chile and separates Chiloé Island from mainland Chile. The channel was created during the Quaternary glaciations by successive glaciers that flowed down from the Andes t…

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  • Calafquén Lake

    Calafquén Lake (Mapudungun: Lake like a sea) is a lake of Chile, which straddles the border between the La Araucanía Region and Los Ríos Region.

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  • Azapa Valley

    Azapa Valley in Chile is a fertile and narrow oasis, framed between two sere hills and divided by the summer season-running "San Jose" river . It is located three kilometers from Arica.

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  • Alerce Andino National Park

    Alerce Andino National Park is located in the Andes, in Los Lagos Region of Chile. This national park covers about 393 km². It is bounded by the Reloncaví Estuary on its east and south sides, and by the Reloncaví Sound to the west (excluding a coast…

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  • Central Post Office Building (Santiago)

    The Central Post Office Building (Spanish: Edificio del Correo Central) is a historic post office building on the northern edge of the Plaza de Armas, in Santiago, Chile. It is adjacent to the Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago and is located …

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