Atacama

Atacama is a DO wine region in Chile.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DO wine region (región vitícola)

Area

5,092,971 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

28.0876° S, 70.2303° W

Legal basis

Decreto 464/1994 of the Ministry of Agriculture (zonificación vitícola), consolidated text 2026, with the 2025 amendment (Chiloé, Rapa Nui).

Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.

Where it is

Nearest town

81 km south of Copiapó

Nearest city

75 km north-east of Vallenar 44,895 people

To the sea

85 km

Same latitude

Hartswater (South Africa)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

0–6,636 m

Mean elevation

2,215 m

Measured over the whole outline on 44,407 elevation cells of about 1,079 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Inside Atacama · 2

• Valle de CopiapóAppellation
• Valle del HuascoAppellation

Sources

geoBoundaries CHL ADM3 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))