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Atacama Desert

Desert in Chile
The Atacama Desert is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile. Stretching over a 1,600 km strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km², which increases to 128,000 km² if... Wikipedia
Span: roughly 600-mile
Area: 104,741 km2 (40,441 sq mi)
Biome: Deserts and xeric shrublands
Borders: Central Andean dry puna; Chilean matorral, Sechura Desert
Coordinates: 24°30′S 69°15′W / 24.500°S 69.250°W