San Pedro de Atacama

San Pedro de Atacama occupies an oasis on the western margin of the Atacama Desert in Chile’s Antofagasta Region. Adobe lanes and low houses reflect the settlement’s long association with the Lickanantay, or Atacameño, people, whose communities developed in one of Earth’s driest regions. The whitewashed Church of San Pedro de Atacama, on the central plaza, is an enduring colonial-era landmark. Beyond the oasis, the Andes rise towards the Chile–Bolivia frontier, while the Salar de Atacama extends to the south. Nearby Pukará de Quitor, a pre-Hispanic fortified settlement, recalls the area’s earlier history. Move on to other webcams in the Antofagasta Region to compare desert basins, salt flats and Andean settings around San Pedro de Atacama.

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