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<< Other Photo Pages >> Atacama Giant - Hill Figure or Geoglyph in Chile

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Multi-periodSite Name: Atacama Giant
Country: Chile
NOTE: This site is 61.54 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Nearest Town: Iquique  Nearest Village: Huara
Latitude: 19.94905S  Longitude: 69.63324W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Atacama Giant submitted by Flickr : Atacama Giant Geoglyph, Chile Image copyright: lechaim24, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hill Figure in Tarapaca State.
Human figure formed from geometric shapes. One of the largest hill figures in South America.

Easily seen using the Google Earth link. Scan the rest of the hill side for additional geometric figures.
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Gigante de Tarapacá, Atacama, Chile
Geoglifo Gato Andino, Atacama, Chile
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