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The
Mountain Range of the Salt was formed
millions of years behind. It was an
old lake, whose soil was raised vertically
for the same movements of the terrestrial
coast that had originated the Mountain
Range of the Andes. Molded for the time
through the rain, the wind and the sun
of the Atacama Desert, its final shape
as we know today is full of natural
sculptures, different types of stratifications
and of colorations due to the mineral
diversity of the place.
From Mountain Range of the Salt can
be observed the Desert of the Atacama
and the oasis where it is located the
city of San Peter of the Atacama, as
well as the chain of volcanos, pertaining
to the Mountain Range of the Andes.
The name of the Mountain Range of the
Salt came of the fact that its mineral
composition possess a great amount of
plaster, which gives to the place an
aspect of being sprinkled by salt.
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