Salar de Antofalla

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LocationArgentina
Coordinates25°44′00″S 67°45′00″W / 25.7333333°S 67.75°W / -25.7333333; -67.75
Max. length136 km (85 mi)
Salar de Antofalla
Salar de Antofalla is located in Argentina
Salar de Antofalla
Salar de Antofalla
LocationArgentina
Coordinates25°44′00″S 67°45′00″W / 25.7333333°S 67.75°W / -25.7333333; -67.75
Basin countriesArgentina
Max. length136 km (85 mi)
Max. width10 km (6.2 mi)
Surface area500 km2 (193 sq mi)[1]
Surface elevation3,460 m (11,352 ft)

Salar de Antofalla is a salt flat in the Andes of Catamarca Province in the Argentine Northwest. The salt flat contains systems of oncoids that grow in the interface between proper salt flat and an adjacent wetlands.[1] The geology surrounding the southern part of Salar de Antofalla is made up of continental (e.i. non-marine) sedimentary rock that deposited from Late Eocene to Early Pleistocene times.[2]

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