Atacama Giant, Geoglyph in Huara, Chile.
The Atacama Giant extends 86 meters across the desert slope of Cerro Unita, featuring an anthropomorphic figure with a distinctive headdress and staff.
Indigenous Andean communities created this monumental earthwork between 1000 and 1400 CE, using techniques of stone accumulation and ground scraping.
The figure represents Tunupa-Tarapaca, an ancient Andean deity who traveled from Lake Titicaca to the Pacific Ocean teaching agricultural knowledge.
The geoglyph stands 84 kilometers from Iquique, with access routes leading visitors through the Tamarugal Province in northern Chile.
Scientists first documented this archaeological site in 1967 through an aerial exploration conducted by Eduardo Iensen Franke and a team of researchers.
Location: Huara
GPS coordinates: -19.94889,-69.63306
Latest update: May 26, 2025 21:49
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