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Atacama Desert

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Coordinates: 24°30′S 69°15′W / 24.500°S 69.250°W / -24.500; -69.250

Atacama Desert
Desert
Atacama bi NASA Warld Wind
Kintras Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
Area 105,000 km2 (40,541 sq mi)
Biome Desert
Cairt o the Atacama Desert. The aurie maist commonly defined as Atacama is yellae. In orange are the ootlyin arid auries o sooth o Peru, Altiplano, Puna de Atacama an Norte Chico.

The Atacama Desert (Spaingie: Desierto de Atacama) is a plateau in Sooth Americae, coverin a 1,000-kilometre (600 mi) strip o laund on the Pacific coast, wast o the Andes moontains.