0122 CHILE, Multiview Card

Posted on 28/06/2016
Chile is a long, narrow country stretching along South America's western edge, with more than 6,000km of Pacific Ocean coastline. Santiago, its capital, sits in a valley surrounded by the Andes and Chilean Coast Range mountains. The city's palm-lined Plaza de Armas contains the neoclassical cathedral and the National History Museum. The massive Parque Metropolitano offers swimming pools, a botanical garden and zoo

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0057 CHILE, Campo De Hielo Norte- Patagonia- Chile

Posted on 08/02/2017

Campos de Hielo Norte, is an ice field that has an area of ​​approximately 4200 km² , and is entirely within the region of Aysén of the Republic of Chile. It is approximately 120 km long in a north-south direction and 50 to 70 km wide (depending on the latitude) in an east-west direction.

Some geographical points of interest within the CHPN include:

• The San Valentín mountain , in the northern portion of the CHPN, of 4058 msnm and that is considered the highest one of the Chilean Patagonia ;
• The Cerro Arenales of 3437 msnm near the south margin; Y
• The biggest tourist attraction in the area: the San Rafael lagoon , with the San Rafael glacier , the drift-net at sea level closest to the equator in the world.

Further to the south, and separated by the Isthmus of Ofqui , is located the glacier San Quintín , unique glacier language in the zone of sustained growth in the last years.

Source : Wikipedia

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0028 Chile, San Pedro Atacama-Laguna Miniques- Chile

Posted on 04/04/2017
San Pedro de Atacama is a town set on an arid high plateau in the Andes mountains of northeastern Chile. Its dramatic surrounding landscape incorporates desert, salt flats, volcanoes, geysers and hot springs. The Valle de la Luna in the nearby Los Flamencos National Reserve is a lunarlike depression with unusual rock formations, a huge sand dune and pink-streaked mountains.

The sender of the card : Wilmer S.