Refugio N° 3 Cazadera Grande
The place
Refugio N° 3 Cazadera Grande in the Región de Atacama, Diego de Almagro/Cerro Cazadera area (northern Chilean Andes altiplano, Chile), at 3,457 m elevation, on the Andean altiplano. Continuous Chile Atacama cluster (batches 245-336, ~8 entries). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Chile is absent from the country database. A mining or ranger refuge near Cazadera Grande (a 4,842 m summit close to the Salvador copper mine, run by Codelco, the world's 3rd-largest copper producer at 5.5 Mt/year), located in the Atacama puna altiplano (7,000,000 ha, the largest high-altitude desert in the world) and home to the Andean James's flamingo, Phoenicoparrus jamesi (100% of the roughly 300 flamingos nest exclusively in high-altitude lagoons of the northern altiplano, including the Salar Maricunga).
The setting
Atacama Diego de Almagro/Cazadera northern Chilean Andes altiplano 3,457 m, continuous cluster batches 245-336 ~8 entries, mining/ranger refuge Cazadera 4,842 m Salvador Codelco world's 3rd 5.5 Mt/year, altiplano puna Atacama 7 M ha largest high-altitude desert, Phoenicoparrus jamesi Salar Maricunga 100% ~300 flamingos nest at altitude, ANOMALY Chile absent.
