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Salar de Surire Natural Monument

Salar de Surire Natural Monument

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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.

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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]

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


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