Atacama Desert

Summary

Atacama Desert is a desert^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of desert entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,205 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Atacama Desert is in the country of Chile^[3].
• Atacama Desert's image is recorded as Atacama.png^[4].
• Atacama Desert's instance of is recorded as desert^[5].
• Atacama Desert's instance of is recorded as WWF ecoregion^[6].
• Atacama Desert's shares border with is recorded as Puna^[7].
• Atacama Desert's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315526364^[8].
• Atacama Desert's GND ID is recorded as 4086056-5^[9].
• Atacama Desert's locator map image is recorded as Atacama map.svg^[10].
• Atacama Desert's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85009058^[11].
• Atacama Desert's IdRef ID is recorded as 031921809^[12].
• Atacama Desert's part of is recorded as Pacific desert^[13].
• Atacama Desert's Commons category is recorded as Atacama Desert^[14].
• Atacama Desert's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -24.5, 'lon': -69.25}^[15].
• Atacama Desert's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0117g^[16].
• Atacama Desert's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge419980^[17].
• Atacama Desert's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Atacama Desert^[18].
• Atacama Desert's Commons gallery is recorded as Atacama Desert^[19].
• Atacama Desert's page banner is recorded as Atacama banner.jpg^[20].
• Atacama Desert's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1258112^[21].
• Atacama Desert's WWF ecoregion code is recorded as NT1303^[22].
• Atacama Desert's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0005884^[23].
• Atacama Desert's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• Atacama Desert's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Atacama Desert's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[26].
• Atacama Desert's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[27].

Body

Geography

Atacama Desert is in the country of Chile^[3]. Its part of is recorded as Pacific desert^[13].

Physical Characteristics

Atacama Desert's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+181300'}^[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2657'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include desert^[5] and WWF ecoregion^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Atacama Desert include atacamite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; Atacama Fault^[32], a fault^[33], in Chile^[34]; and 18725 Atacama^[35], an asteroid^[36].

Why It Matters

Atacama Desert ranks in the top 3% of desert entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,205 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for it include atacamite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; Atacama Fault^[32], a fault^[33], in Chile^[34]; and 18725 Atacama^[35], an asteroid^[36].