Los Flamencos National Reserve
| Los Flamencos National Reserve (Reserva Nacional Los Flamencos) | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Salar de Tara
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| Location | Antofagasta Region, Chile |
| Nearest city | San Pedro de Atacama |
| Coordinates | 23°07′S 67°25′W / 23.117°S 67.417°WCoordinates: 23°07′S 67°25′W / 23.117°S 67.417°W |
| Area | 740 km² |
| Established | 1990 |
| Governing body | Corporación Nacional Forestal |
Los Flamencos National Reserve is a nature reserve located in the commune of San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region of northern Chile. The reserve covers a total area of 740 square kilometres (180,000 acres) or 73,986 hectares in the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion and consists of seven separate sections.
The reserve has a desert climate with the temperature varying dramatically between day and night. Rain is more frequent in summer, with an average high of 3 millimetres. The average temperature high is 24.5°C and the average low is 17.1°C.
This area is made up of two salt flats: Tara at 23°05′S 67°15′W / 23.083°S 67.250°W, located 120 kilometres east of San Pedro de Atacama and 440 kilometres northeast of Antofagasta, and Aguas Calientes at 23°07′S 67°25′W / 23.117°S 67.417°W, reaching an altitude of up to 4,860 meters above sea level.
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