Desert
Atacama Desert
The 2nd highest of the 21 deserts measured in this atlas.
elevation 2,657 m · 2nd/21
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 181,300 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Elevation
- 2,657 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Countries
- Chile
- Share of the Natural Earth outline that lies within each country. Natural Earth outlines of mountain ranges and regions are label areas, not exact limits; provinces are therefore not listed.
- Wikidata
- Q47141
Among the world's deserts
Each line is every one of the deserts in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area181,300 km²20th of 34 · median 192,500 km²
- Elevation2,657 m2nd of 21 · median 500 m
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