<P> According to the World Wide Fund for Nature , the Atacama Desert ecoregion occupies a continuous strip for nearly 1,600 km along the narrow coast of the northern third of Chile , from near Arica ( 18 ° 24 'S ) southward to near La Serena ( 29 ° 55 'S ) . The National Geographic Society considers the coastal area of southern Peru to be part of the Atacama Desert and also includes the deserts south of the Ica Region in Peru . </P>
<P> According to the World Wide Fund for Nature , the Atacama Desert ecoregion occupies a continuous strip for nearly 1,600 km along the narrow coast of the northern third of Chile , from near Arica ( 18 ° 24 'S ) southward to near La Serena ( 29 ° 55 'S ) . The National Geographic Society considers the coastal area of southern Peru to be part of the Atacama Desert and also includes the deserts south of the Ica Region in Peru . </P>
where is atacama desert located in south america
where is atacama desert located in south america
the narrow coast of the northern third of Chile , from near Arica ( 18 ° 24 'S ) southward to near La Serena ( 29 ° 55 'S )
the narrow coast of the northern third of Chile , from near Arica ( 18 ° 24 'S ) southward to near La Serena ( 29 ° 55 'S )