250px, Chile Route 27 and other secondary roads as seen from Licancabur volcano. Chile Route 27 (Ruta 27 CH) is a main road in the northern portion of

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. It runs from

San Pedro de Atacama San Pedro de Atacama is a Chilean town and commune in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region. It is located east of Antofagasta, some 106 km (60 mi) southeast of Calama and the Chuquicamata copper mine, overlooking the Licancabur volcano. ...

Paso de Jama The Paso de Jama is a mountain pass through the Andes between Chile and Argentina, at an elevation of at the border. It is the northernmost road border crossing between the two countries. The pass is reached via Chile Route 27 and via National Ro ...

. A short road off Route 27 heads north to

Portezuelo del Cajón Portezuelo del Cajón, also known as Hito Cajón, is a mountain pass on the border between Chile and Bolivia, located on the lower southeast flank of Juriques volcano, close to the Licancabur volcano. While Bolivian customs are completed at the t ...

. Another adjacent road leads to

Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory is the name for a group of astronomical observatories located at an altitude of over 4,800 m (15,700 ft) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The site is in the Antofagasta Region approximately 50 kil ...

, reaching maximum altitude of . The Chile Route 27 reaches an altitude according to OpenStreetMap of at OpenStreetMap Knoten 42309987

called 2019-09-18 at a road distance of west of the border, making it one of the highest highways in South America. The sections Salar de Pujsa and Salar de Tara-Salar de Aguas Calientes of

Los Flamencos National Reserve Los Flamencos National Reserve is a nature reserve located in the commune of San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region of northern Chile. The reserve covers a total area of in the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion and consists of seven separate sec ...

can be accessed by this road.

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