Panoramic view of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuquicamata" class="extiw" title="en:Chuquicamata">Chuquicamata</a>, a state-owned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copper" class="extiw" title="en:copper">copper</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining" class="extiw" title="en:Mining">mine</a> located at 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level just outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calama,_Chile" class="extiw" title="en:Calama, Chile">Calama</a>, north of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>. It is by excavated volume the largest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/open-pit_mining" class="extiw" title="en:open-pit mining">open pit</a> copper mine in the world. The huge hole was started in 1882 as a mine to extract gold and copper. It is 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) wide and with a depth of 850 metres (2,790 ft) it is the second deepest open-pit mine in the world (after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingham_Canyon_Mine" class="extiw" title="en:Bingham Canyon Mine">Bingham Canyon Mine</a> in Utah, USA). Note: to get a feeling of the scale spot out a haul truck, which is 9.5 metres (31 ft) long and 4.5 metres (15 ft) high.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28147777" class="extiw" title="d:Q28147777"><span title="Spanish photographer (1974-)">Diego Delso</span></a>
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