Geography and Wildlife of Chile

Click on a region for an interactive map showing tourism information as well as political and geographical data.

North to South, from the dry Atacama to wet Magallanes, there are hundreds of national parks, reserves, monuments and nature sanctuaries to visit and enjoy.

Clear map displaying cities (favorite destinations in red) plus national parks.

Chile has hundreds of volcanoes, active and dormant, along the Bolivian and Argentine borders. Some are favored climbs, others are scenic gems.

Click on the region (zone) for detailed map and profiles. Excellent resource from GoChile.

The Andean Condor is the largest bird of prey in the world, but its numbers are decreasing.

Geographical map and demographics from Merriam Webster.

Manipulate this excellent map from Expedia.com by changing directions and zoom.

From the Nomad trek.

Topographical, political, railroad, travel and other maps for sale from Omni Map.

These relatives of the llama live on the altiplano and mountains of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina.

The name of the huemul, a mountain deer and Chile's national animal, appearing on the Chilean coat-of-arms, comes from the Araucanian Indian term "to follow another."

Map of cities courtesy of www.chile-travel.com.

Courtesy of Lonely Planet.

Current conditions for many cities.

Known by many names in many countries, the puma ranges from arid desert to tropical rainforest to cold coniferous forest, from sea level up to 5,800 m in the Andes.

Maps, location and description of native shrubs, woods and forests.