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Tarapacá, Arica y Parinacota Region

Pisagua

Nitrate ghost port

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Boom-era port refuse; verify status..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880 trade / settlement era

Saltpeter-boom port, now near-ghost (dark 20th-c history)

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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