Articles in Chile ( 802 )

802 Articles of interest in Chile

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  • Monte Buckland

    Monte Buckland is a prominent peak in Alberto de Agostini National Park, in the Chilean portion of Tierra del Fuego. It towers over a narrow peninsula between Agostini Fjord and Fitton bay, which is an eastward projection of the Gabriel Channel, whi…

  • Yulton Lake

    Yulton Lake, situated 4 km east of Cay Volcano and 15 km east of Maca Volcano, is a volcano-dammed lake in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, Chile.

  • Yanteles

    Yanteles is an isolated stratovolcano composed of five glacier-capped peaks along an 8 km-long NE-trending ridge. It is located approximately 30 km (19 mi) south of the Corcovado volcano in the Chilean X Region (de Los Lagos) within the Corcovado Na…

  • University of Toronto Southern Observatory

    The University of Toronto Southern Observatory (UTSO) was an astronomical observatory built by the University of Toronto at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. It hosted a single 60 cm Cassegrain telescope and a small cottage for the operators, l…

  • Puclaro Dam

    Puclaro is an artificial lake created by a dam on the Elqui River, 40 km east of the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region and 500 km north of Santiago.

  • Tralcán

    Tralcán (mapudungun for thunder) is a triangular-shaped mountain, which is located near Riñihue Lake, Chile. It is located south of the outflow dividing western Riñihue in two arms. Despite having been sacred to the huilliches for centuries, the mou…

  • Santa Lucía metro station

    Santa Lucia (in Spanish: Saint Lucy), is a station on the Santiago Metro in Santiago, Chile. It is underground, between the stations Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica on the same line.

  • San Francisco de Chiu Chiu

    San Francisco de Chiu Chiu, or simply Chiu Chiu, is a village located about 30 km (19 mi) northeast of the city of Calama, in the Calama province of Chile's northern Antofagasta Region.

  • Salar de Carcote

    Salar de Carcote, also known as Salar de San Martín, is a salt flat in northern Chile. The salar is located southwest of Ollagüe. It covers an area of around 108 km² and its surface elevation is 3,690 m. The landscape of the area is dominated by the…

  • Río Cruces Bridge

    Río Cruces Bridge is a triangular bridge spanning Cruces River that unites Isla Teja from Torobayo, a sub-urban area of Valdivia. Together with Pedro de Valdivia Bridge (built in 1954) it allows connection from Valdivia to the coastal town Niebla. B…

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca

    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca, (in Latin: Dioecesis Talcensis), is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Its current bishop is Mgr. Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca. The retired (emeritus) bishop is Mgr.

  • Riñihue, Chile

    Riñihue (Spanish pronunciation: [riˈɲiwe]) is a hamlet (Spanish: caserío) in Los Lagos, Chile. It is located south of the Tralcán Mount in the west side of Riñihue Lake. In early 20th century Riñihue grew out as a settlement due to the exploitation …

  • Ramírez Island

    Ramirez Island is an island in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago, located west of Vidal Gormaz Islands and Rennell Islands and south of Nelson Strait.

  • Quiapo, Chile

    Quiapo (mapudungun Cuya=Lesser Grison and Mapu=Land)is a place in Arauco Province of Chile that is 25 kilometers to the Southwest of Arauco and about 25 kilometers to the north and east of the port of Lebu to the east of the Bahia del Carnero and 6.…

  • Pukara of La Compañía

    Pukara de La Compañia, is an archaeological site containing the remains of a promaucae fortress, later used by the Incas, located on the large hill overlooking the village of La Compañia, a village in the commune of Graneros, Chile. It is noteworthy…

  • Estación Pichilemu

    Estación Pichilemu, also known as the Estación de Ferrocarriles de Pichilemu (Spanish: Railway station of Pichilemu) was a railway station in Pichilemu, Chile. It is a wood construction dated circa 1925, located in front of the Petrel Lake, near Dan…

  • Picarquín, Chile

    Picarquín, Chile was the site of the 19th World Scout Jamboree, held in December 1998 and January 1999, which brought together 31,000 Scouts and Guides from all over the world. It is located in the commune of Mostazal, in the northern portion of the…

  • Petrel Lake

    Petrel Lake (Spanish: Laguna de Petrel or Laguna Petrel) is a salt lake located in Pichilemu beach, Chile, in front of Pichilemu railway station.

  • Pelequén

    Pelequén is a Chilean town located in the commune of Malloa, O'Higgins Region. Pelequén is 41 km southwest of the city of Rancagua. The town's economy is based mainly on wine production and handicrafting.

  • Nirivilo

    Nirivilo (in Mapudungun: fox snake, a creature in the Mapuche mythology of Chile) is a hamlet (caserío) in San Javier commune, in the Chilean province of Linares, Maule Region. It offers some remarkable examples of typical Chilean rural architecture…

  • Kimsa Chata (Bolivia-Chile)

    Kimsa Chata or Kimsachata (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three, Pukina chata mountain, "three mountains", hispanicized Quimsa Chata, Quimsachata) is a 8 km (5 mi)-long volcanic complex on a north-south alignment along the border between Bolivia and Chile…