The Atacama is a 1,000-kilometer (600 mile) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains.
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
No current passes through the Atacama Desert but the Humbolt, or Peruvian Current, passes just off shore and has a great influence on the climate of the Atacama.
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
Its in northwest chile but unsure of its length
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth and I have already been there. I have traveled the entire length of the desert from south to north by bus. It was an interesting trip but not the highlight of our vacation in South America. I am happy to have seen the Atacama but would probably not return.
Both the Atacama Desert and the Antarctic Desert share the honor as the driest on earth. The Antarctic is a polar desert and the Atacama is a cool coastal desert - both classified as cold deserts.
That would be the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.