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· Tourism in Surire Salar - Drying out salty lake, surrounded by volcanoes with autochthonous flora and fauna ·

Surire Salar - Natural Monument

Distance: 270 Kilometers away from Iquique

The Surire or Surire Salt Pit, 4.200 meters above the sea level, has a drying out salty lake which is surrounded by volcanoes and autochthonous flora and fauna species. It comprehends a surface of 11,298 hectares.

Its name comes from the typical animal species of the region: the "suri" or the “ñandu”.

This zone presents a great thermal oscillation, the temperatures fluctuates between -15°C in winter nights and 5°C during the day.

By: cds.caltech.edu