Hiking in Chile, the Glossary
Hiking in Chile is characterized by a wide range of environments and climates for hikers, which largely results from Chile's unusual, ribbon-like shape, which is 4,300 kilometres (2,700 miles) long and on average 175 kilometres (109 miles) wide.[1]
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126 relations: Alerce Andino National Park, Altiplano, Alto Bío Bío National Reserve, Alto Biobío, Andacollo, Andean condor, Antofagasta Region, Antuco (volcano), Araucanía Region, Araucaria araucana, Atacama Desert, Atacama Region, Austrocedrus, Aymara people, Aysén Region, Ñuble National Reserve, Última Esperanza Province, Última Esperanza Sound, Backpacking (hiking), Bahía Inglesa, Biobío Region, Biobío River, Burrowing parrot, Cactus, Calama, Chile, Calbuco (volcano), Callaqui, Carretera Austral, Central Chile, Cerro Castillo, Cerro Castillo National Park, Cerro El Plomo, Cerro Torre, Chile, Chile Route 60, Chimango caracara, Communes of Chile, Condor, Conguillío National Park, Cordillera Paine, Cougar, Coyhaique, Cryptocarya alba, Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument, Culpeo, Desert bloom, Eagle, Fitz Roy, Fjord, Fox, ... Expand index (76 more) »
- Tourism in Chile
- Tourist attractions in Chile
Alerce Andino National Park
Alerce Andino National Park is located in the Andes, in Los Lagos Region of Chile.
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Altiplano
The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet.
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Alto Bío Bío National Reserve
Alto Biobío National Reserve is a nature reserve located in the easternmost portion of Upper Bío-Bío River basin, in the La Araucanía Region, Chile.
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Alto Biobío
Alto Biobío is a commune in central Chile, located in the Province of Biobío, in the Biobío Region.
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Andacollo
Andacollo is a city and commune in the Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile.
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Andean condor
The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American New World vulture and is the only member of the genus Vultur.
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Antofagasta Region
The Antofagasta Region (Región de Antofagasta.) is one of Chile's sixteen first-order administrative divisions.
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Antuco (volcano)
Antuco Volcano is a stratovolcano located in the Bío Bío Region of Chile, near Sierra Velluda and on the shore of Laguna del Laja.
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Araucanía Region
The Araucanía, La Araucanía Region (Región de La Araucanía) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south.
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Araucaria araucana
Araucaria araucana, commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, piñonero, pewen or Chilean pine, is an evergreen tree growing to a trunk diameter of and a height of.
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Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert (Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.
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Atacama Region
The Atacama Region (Región de Atacama) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.
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Austrocedrus
Austrocedrus is a genus of conifer belonging to the cypress family (Cupressaceae).
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Aymara people
The Aymara or Aimara (aymara), people are an indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America.
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Aysén Region
The Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region (Región de Aysén,, Región de Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo), often shortened to Aysén Region or Aisén,Examples of name usage:, official regional government site refers to the region as "Región de Aysén".
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Ñuble National Reserve
Ñuble National Reserve is a national reserve of Chile located in the Andes of Ñuble and Biobío regions.
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Última Esperanza Province
Última Esperanza (Provincia de Última Esperanza, meaning "Province of the Last Hope") is one of four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena.
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Última Esperanza Sound
Última Esperanza Sound (Seno de Última Esperanza, ‘Last Hope Sound’ or 'Inlet of Last Hope') is an inlet stretching from the mouth of Eberhard Fjord to the outskirts of Monte Balmaceda, within the Magallanes Basin.
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Backpacking (hiking)
Backpacking is the outdoor recreation of carrying gear on one's back while hiking for more than a day.
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Bahía Inglesa
Bahia Inglesa ("English Bay") is a locality located near the port of Caldera in Atacama Region, Chile.
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Biobío Region
The Biobío Region (Región del Biobío) is one of Chile's sixteen regions (first-order administrative divisions).
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Biobío River
The Biobío River (also known as Bío Bío or Bio-Bio) is the second largest river in Chile.
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Burrowing parrot
The burrowing parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus), also known as the burrowing parakeet or the Patagonian conure, is a species of parrot native to Argentina and Chile.
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Cactus
A cactus (cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species of the order Caryophyllales.
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Calama, Chile
Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
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Calbuco (volcano)
Calbuco (Volcán Calbuco) is a stratovolcano in southern Chile, located southeast of Llanquihue Lake and northwest of Chapo Lake, in the Los Lagos Region, and close to the cities of Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt.
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Callaqui
Callaqui is a stratovolcano located in the Bío Bío Region of Chile.
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Carretera Austral
The Carretera Austral (CH-7, in English: Southern Way) is the name given to Chile's Route 7.
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Central Chile
Central Chile (Zona central) is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950.
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Cerro Castillo
Cerro Castillo is a jagged rocky peak located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of Chile, within the Cerro Castillo National Park.
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Cerro Castillo National Park
Cerro Castillo National Park is a nature reserve of Chile located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, south of Coyhaique.
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Cerro El Plomo
Cerro El Plomo is a mountain in the Andes near Santiago, Chile.
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Cerro Torre
Cerro Torre is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
Chile Route 60
Chile Route 60 is a main road in the Valparaíso Region of Chile that extends from Valparaíso to Paso Los Libertadores.
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Chimango caracara
The chimango caracara also known as chimango or tiuque (Milvago chimango) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras.
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Communes of Chile
A commune (comuna) is the smallest administrative subdivision in Chile.
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Condor
Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus.
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Conguillío National Park
Conguillío National Park is in the Andes, in the provinces of Cautín and Malleco, in the Araucanía Region of Chile also known as Region IX.
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Cordillera Paine
The Cordillera Paine is a mountain group in Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia.
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Cougar
The cougar (Puma concolor) (KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas.
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Coyhaique
Coyhaique, also spelled Coihaique in Patagonia, is the capital city of both the Coyhaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile.
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Cryptocarya alba
Cryptocarya alba, the peumo or Chilean acorn, is an evergreen tree that grows in Chile and Argentina from 33 to 40° southern latitude.
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Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument
Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument is a Natural Monument located in the Chilean Patagonia, northwest of Puerto Natales and north of Punta Arenas.
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Culpeo
The culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus), also known as Culpeo zorro, Andean zorro, Andean fox, Paramo wolf, Andean wolf,Comparative ecology of two South American foxes, 'Dusicvon ariseus' and 'Culpaeus' by Warren E. Johnson.
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Desert bloom
A desert bloom is a climatic phenomenon that occurs in various deserts around the world.
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Eagle
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Fitz Roy
Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.
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Fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.
Fox
Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae.
Geography of Chile
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Glacier
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.
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Grey Glacier
Grey Glacier is a glacier in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, just west of the Cordillera del Paine.
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Grey gull
The grey gull, also known as garuma gull (Leucophaeus modestus) is a medium-sized gull native to South America.
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Guanaco
The guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama.
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Height above mean sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level.
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Hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.
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Huaso
A huaso is a Chilean countryman and skilled horseman, similar to the American cowboy, the Mexican charro (and its northern equivalent, the vaquero), the gaucho of Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande Do Sul, and the Australian stockman.
Huerquehue National Park
Huerquehue National Park is located in the foothills of the Andes, in the Valdivian temperate rainforest of the La Araucanía region in southern Chile.
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Iquique
Iquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region.
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Kelp gull
The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull that breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Kodkod
The kodkod (Leopardus guigna), also called güiña, is the smallest felid species native to the Americas.
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La Reina
La Reina (Spanish: "The Queen"; distorted from Larraín) is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, created in 1963 from an eastern portion of the Ñuñoa commune.
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Laja Lake
Laguna del Laja is a lake located in the Bío-Bío Region of Chile.
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Lake
A lake is an often naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface.
Lake Pehoé
Lake Pehoé is a surface water body located in Torres del Paine National Park, in the Magallanes Region of southern Chile.
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Lasana
Lasana is a small village located northeast of the city of Calama in the Calama province of Chile's northern Antofagasta Region.
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Lesser grison
The lesser grison (Galictis cuja) is a species of mustelid from South America.
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Limarí Province
Limarí Province (Provincia de Limarí) is one of three provinces of the Chilean region of Coquimbo Region (IV).
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Lithraea caustica
Lithraea caustica (commonly known as the litre tree, and historically as llithi or liti) is a species of flowering plants in the soapberry family Anacardiaceae.
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Llanquihue Lake
Llanquihue Lake is the second-largest lake in Chile with an area of about, after Lake General Carrera which is shared with Argentina.
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Long-nosed caenolestid
The long-nosed caenolestid (Rhyncholestes raphanurus), also known as the Chilean shrew opossum or long-nosed shrew opossum, is a shrew opossum that occurs in temperate forests of Argentina and southern Chile.
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Los Andes, Chile
Los Andes, founded on July 31, 1791 as Santa Rosa de Los Andes, is a Chilean city and commune located in the province of the same name, in Valparaíso Region ("Fifth Region" of Chile).
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Los Lagos Region
Los Lagos Region (Región de Los Lagos, 'Region of the Lakes') is one of Chile's 16 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena.
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Los Ríos Region
The Los Ríos Region (Spanish: Región de Los Ríos,, Region of the Rivers) is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions.
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Magallanes Region
The Magallanes Region, officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.
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Magellanic subpolar forests
The Magellanic subpolar forests are a terrestrial ecoregion of southernmost South America, covering parts of southern Chile and Argentina, and are part of the Neotropical realm.
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Magellanic woodpecker
The Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) is a species of large woodpecker found in southern Chile and southwestern Argentina; it is resident within its range.
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Malalcahuello-Nalcas
Malalcahuello-Nalcas is a protected area comprising two adjoining national reserves: Malalcahuello and Nalcas.
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Nahuelbuta National Park
Nahuelbuta National Park is one of the few parks in La Araucanía Region of Chile's Coastal Mountain Range.
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National Forest Corporation
The National Forest Corporation or CONAF (Corporación Nacional Forestal) is a Chilean State-owned private non-profit organization, through which the Chilean state contributes to the development and sustainable management of the country's forest resources.
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Nothofagus antarctica
Nothofagus antarctica (Antarctic beech; in Spanish Ñire or Ñirre) is a deciduous tree or shrub native to southern Chile and Argentina from about 36°S to Tierra del Fuego (56° S), where it grows mainly in the diminishing temperate rainforest.
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Nothofagus dombeyi
Nothofagus dombeyi, Dombey's beech, coigue, coihue or coigüe (from Mapudungun koywe) is a tree species native to southern Chile and the Andean parts of Argentine Patagonia.
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Nothofagus pumilio
Nothofagus pumilio, the lenga beech (from the Mapuche language), is a deciduous tree or shrub in the Nothofagaceae family that is native to the southern Andes range, in the temperate forests of Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego, from 35° to 56° South latitude.
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Nutria
The nutria or coypu (Myocastor coypus) is a herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America.
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Olivares River
The Olivares River is a river of Chile.
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Osorno (volcano)
Osorno Volcano is a conical stratovolcano lying between Osorno Province and Llanquihue Province in the Los Lagos Region of southern Chile.
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Ovalle
Ovalle is a city in the Coquimbo Region of Chile, founded in 1831 as a settlement.
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Paso Internacional Los Libertadores
The Paso Internacional Los Libertadores, also called Cristo Redentor, is a mountain pass in the Andes between Argentina and Chile.
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Patagonia
Patagonia is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.
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Pehuenche
Pehuenche (or Pewenche) are an indigenous people of South America.
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Petroglyph
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.
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Pre-Columbian era
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492.
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Pucón
Pucón (Mapudungun: "entrance to the cordillera") is a Chilean city and commune administered by the municipality of Pucón.
Pudu
The pudus (Mapudungun püdü or püdu, pudú) are two species of South American deer from the genus Pudu, and are the world's smallest deer.
Pukara culture
The Pucará culture was an archaeological culture which developed in Qullaw, along the north-western shore of Lake Titicaca.
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Puyehue National Park
Puyehue National Park is in the Andes mountain range, in Los Ríos and Los Lagos regions of Chile formerly referred to as the 10th region.
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Quillaja saponaria
Quillaja saponaria, the soap bark tree or soapbark, is an evergreen tree in the family Quillajaceae, native to warm temperate central Chile.
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Ralco National Reserve
Ralco National Reserve is a national reserve in Biobío Region of Chile.
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Rancagua
Rancagua is a city and commune in central Chile and part of the Rancagua conurbation.
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Regions of Chile
Chile is divided into 16 regions (in Spanish, regiones; singular), which are the country's first-level administrative division.
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Reloncaví Estuary
Reloncaví Estuary (Spanish: Estuario de Reloncaví, archaic: Sin Fondo) is a fjord off Reloncaví Sound, located in the Los Lagos Region of Chile.
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Reloncaví Sound
Reloncaví Sound or Seno de Reloncaví is a body of water immediately south of Puerto Montt, a port city in the Los Lagos Region of Chile.
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Rodeo
Rodeo is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations.
Salt pan (geology)
Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun.
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San Cristóbal Hill
San Cristóbal Hill (Spanish: Cerro San Cristóbal, Mapuche: Tupahue) is a hill in northern Santiago, Chile.
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San Felipe, Chile
San Felipe ("St. Philip" in Spanish) is a commune and the capital city of the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province in central Chile's Valparaíso Region.
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San Fernando, Chile
San Fernando is the capital of the province of Colchagua, in central Chile, and the second most populated urban center of the O'Higgins Region.
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San Pedro de Atacama
San Pedro de Atacama is a Chilean town and commune in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region.
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Santiago
Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas.
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Semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.
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Sierra Velluda
Sierra Velluda is a massive Pleistocene stratovolcano located immediately southwest of the Antuco Volcano, in the Bío Bío Region of Chile.
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South American gray fox
The South American gray fox (Lycalopex griseus), also known as the Patagonian fox, the chilla or zorro gris (gray fox or gray zorro), is a South American species of Lycalopex (the "false" or lesser foxes) in the Canidae family, which includes dogs, wolves, jackals, coyotes and foxes, among other canids.
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Southern Patagonian Ice Field
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field (Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur), located at the Southern Patagonic Andes between Chile and Argentina, is the world's second largest contiguous extrapolar ice field.
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Tarapacá Region
The Tarapacá Region (Región de Tarapacá) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions.
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Temuco
Temuco is a city and commune, capital of the Cautín Province and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile.
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Todos los Santos Lake
Lake Todos los Santos (Spanish for "All Saints Lake") is a lake located in the Los Lagos Region of southern Chile, 96 km northeast of the regional capital Puerto Montt and 76 km east of Puerto Varas, within the boundaries of the Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park.
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Tolhuaca National Park
Tolhuaca National Park is a protected area created on October 16, 1935, in an area of 3,500 ha that was previously part of the Malleco National Reserve.
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Torres del Paine National Park
Torres del Paine National Park (Parque Nacional Torres del Paine) is a national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia.
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Tourism in Chile
Since the mid-1990s, tourism in Chile has become one of the main sources of income for the country, especially in its most extreme areas.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
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Valdivian temperate forests
The Valdivian temperate forests (NT0404) is an ecoregion on the west coast of southern South America, in Chile and Argentina.
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Villarrica National Park
Villarrica National Park is located in the Andes, in the La Araucanía and Los Ríos regions of Chile, near Pucón.
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Viscacha
Viscacha or vizcacha are rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in the family Chinchillidae.
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Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
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World Network of Biosphere Reserves
The UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) covers internationally designated protected areas, known as biosphere or nature reserves, which are meant to demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature (e.g. encourage sustainable development).
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See also
Tourism in Chile
- Airports in Chile
- Chilean Lake District
- Chilean wine routes
- Ecotourism in the Valdivian temperate rainforest
- End of the World Route
- Hiking in Chile
- Image of Chile Foundation
- Seven Lakes (Chile)
- Tourism in Chile
Tourist attractions in Chile
- Archaeological sites in Chile
- Circo de los Altares
- Hiking in Chile
- Lakes of Chile
- Museums in Chile
- National parks of Chile
- Panteón Hill
- Protected areas of Chile
- Santiago International Book Fair
- USS Wateree (1863)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiking_in_Chile
Also known as Sendero de Chile.
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