Cordillera Domeyko
| Cordillera Domeyko | |
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 The Cordillera Domeyko as seen from the slopes of the Andean Western Cordillera. At 2,900 m above sea level Looking west at 50 to 70 km above sea level , behind the Salar de Atacama depression (2,300 m above sea level) and the Cordillera de la Sal, the dark stiff El Bordo cliff rises to around 3,000 m ü. M., in front of the highest mountain the Cerro Quimal . |
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| Highest peak | Cerro Quimal ( 4278 m ) |
| location |
 Chile
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| part of | To the |
| Coordinates | 23 ° S , 69 ° W |
The Cordillera Domeyko is a mountain range of the Andean Precordillere in northern Chile . It was named after the Polish geologist Ignacy Domeyko and forms the eastern boundary of the flat part of the Atacama Desert .
The mountain range is 600 km long and lies in a north-south direction parallel to the Andean-West Cordillera . At altitudes often over 3000 m, the highest mountain is Cerro Quimal with 4278 m. The mountain range is one of the mountains with the lowest rainfall on earth.
Gold - and silver - deposits in the volcanic rock make the area one of the potentially most productive mining areas for these ores.
Web links
- GeoScienceWorld.org: Fission track thermochronology of the Domeyko Cordillera
- Chilexplora.com: Virtual 360 ° view of the Cordillera de la Sal
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0716-02082002000100004&script=sci_arttext
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
