Salar de Surire Natural Monument

Salar de Surire Natural Monument is a Chilean Natural Monument located in the Andes, in the Arica y Parinacota Region. It consists mainly of a salt flat and a number of small salt lakes, sheltering several Andean species of wildlife and plants. Arintica volcano towers over the salt flat.

Salar de Surire Natural Monument
LocationArica y Parinacota Region, Chile
Coordinates18°51′0″S 69°0′0″W
Area158.58 km²
Governing bodyCorporación Nacional Forestal
Official nameSalar de Surire
Designated2 December 1996
Reference no.873[1]

The protected area, along with Lauca National Park and Las Vicuñas National Reserve, were designated a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1981, which is called Lauca.[2]

Salar de Surire is one of the Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention signed in 1971.[3]

See also
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References
  1. "Salar de Surire". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. UNESCO - Description at UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve
  3. The Annotated Ramsar List: Chile


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