Antofagasta

The landscape around Antofagasta is an exceptionally dry strip of the Atacama Desert between the Pacific Ocean and the Coastal Range, which has shaped both the city’s linear form and its port-and-mining economy. Chile’s northern mining industry is closely tied to Antofagasta, a major Pacific port for the region’s copper-producing interior. The Huanchaca Ruins, remnants of a 19th-century silver-processing works, recall the boom that helped establish the city. North of the centre, La Portada is a coastal natural monument distinguished by its sea arch. Browse other webcams across the Antofagasta Region to place this Pacific-desert setting in a wider geographic context.

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