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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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Location | Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile |
Coordinates | 18°51′0″S 69°0′0″W |
Area | 158.58 km2 |
Governing body | Corporación Nacional Forestal |
Official name | Salar de Surire |
Designated | 2 December 1996 |
Reference no. | 873[1] |
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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]