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Andes & Pacific, Antofagasta

Taltal nitrate & mining port

Old dump ground, tidal Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Nitrate-port mix: English, German, Chilean glass in desert preservation..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1858-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote coast
desert conditions.

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