Cities and villages in the Atacama Desert, Chile

Photo: View of Inca de Oro from the road of Guía de California. In the background you can see the nearby hills of Quebrada Chañaral Alto; Atacama Region; Chile. Se more Inca de Oro
(Ca50D10438; W. Griem 2011)

Description:
Location: Between Copiapó and Diego de Almagro.
Next town: Copiapó (100 km), Diego de Almagro (50 km)
Petrol: Diego de Almagro (50 km)
There are restaurants and small shops in Inca de Oro. Beautiful historic, simple mining settlement, the former railway station and some historical buildings from the previous centuries. A small museum worth seeing shows the miner's life in the small mines of the past.
In the surrounding area you can see the old historic gold, silver and copper mines, as well as the rock paintings of Chañaral Alto. The Inca - path led through Inca de Oro. UTM: E410.015 / N70.40.377 - Height: 1592 m.
Inca de Oro description

Information Photo: Canon Canon 50D
Lens: 55-250mm | Focal length: 163mm (259/35mm) | Time: 1:800 | ISO100
F: f/7.1 | Original size: 4752 x 3168 | Date: 2011/10/31/16:37 hrs.