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Chile landmarks quiz: guess where 21 photos were taken
The 21 places in Chile from the game, with their photos and facts. Play a round first, then read about them below.
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The round is five photos. Look at the photo, tap the map, see the distance, then go to the next one.
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Where they are
19 on the mapAll 21 places
Granite towers rising over Patagonian lakes and steppe.
Photo: Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Giant stone heads standing on a remote Pacific island.
Photo: Rivi / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Colourful houses tumbling down hills above a Pacific port.
Photo: Till Niermann / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The world's driest non-polar desert, of salt valleys and red dunes.
Photo: Diego Delso / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Swirled marble caverns above the turquoise water of a Patagonian lake.
Photo: Wescottm / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A Chilean volcano that erupted without warning in 2015 after 43 quiet years.
Photo: W. Bulach / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
One of the most active volcanoes in South America, with a lava lake in its crater.
Photo: Draceane / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A large uninhabited island of fjords and rainforest in Chilean Patagonia.
Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A granite needle in Patagonia, one of the hardest climbs in the world.
Photo: Felipe Restrepo Acosta / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A 6,638-metre volcano on the Chile–Argentina border, with an Inca shrine on its summit.
Photo: Luca Galuzzi (Lucag) / CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
One of Chile's most active volcanoes, a snow-capped cone with a ski resort on its slopes.
Photo: Mpazmarzolo / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The volcanic crater lake of Rano Kau on Easter Island, home of the moai.
Photo: ProfessorX / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The concrete cathedral of Concepción, rebuilt after the 1939 earthquake.
Photo: Carlos Figueroa / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A 6,739-metre volcano where three frozen Inca children were found on the summit.
Photo: Alex1jas / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A granite tower in Patagonia whose silhouette is the Patagonia clothing logo.
Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The highest volcano on Earth, 6,893 metres on the Chile–Argentina border.
Photo: sergejf / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A perfect 6,348-metre volcanic cone mirrored in Lake Chungará.
Photo: Gerd Breitenbach / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
An Andean volcano on the Chile–Argentina border with an acidic crater lake.
Photo: Mono Andes from - / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The island where a marooned sailor inspired Robinson Crusoe.
Photo: Serpentus / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
An extinct volcano on the Chile–Argentina border whose glaciers roar like thunder.
Photo: Natalia Reyes Escobar / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A snow-capped cone so symmetrical it is called the 'Fuji of South America'.
Photo: Draceane / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHow to place them
It is 3,650 km from Parinacota, the northernmost place on the map, to Torres del Paine, the southernmost. Tronador and Osorno are both within 120 km of Calbuco, near the middle of the map. Watch out for Robinson Crusoe Island. It is 630 km from Cathedral of the Most Holy Conception, the nearest other place. Rapa Nui National Park and Moai, Easter Island have a card but no dot, because the map stops short of them.
This is a hard set: 15 of the 21 photos are rated hard or expert. The hard ones include Torres del Paine, Valparaíso and Atacama Desert. The easy one is Ojos del Salado. Marble Caves and Moai, Easter Island are rated expert. The widest circle belongs to Moai, Easter Island: 150 km, so getting the area right is enough for full points. Llullaillaco is a 6,739-metre volcano where three frozen Inca children were found on the summit.
The daily in the app mixes photos from all 167 countries in the game, five a day, the same five for everyone.
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How many photos from Chile are in the game?
21. They run from Parinacota down to Torres del Paine, and a round picks five at random. The map does not reach Rapa Nui National Park and Moai, Easter Island.
Which photo from Chile is the hardest?
Marble Caves and Moai, Easter Island, all rated expert. You lose half the points for every 693 km you miss by.
Where is it easiest to get full points in Chile?
Moai, Easter Island. Its radius is 150 km, the widest on this page, and a pin inside it gets the full 5,000.