The Loa River
Chile's longest river passes along Calama, and the narrow band of fields and trees on its banks is the reason a town could grow here in one of the driest deserts on earth.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Chile
Calama — Calama Map Poster & Print
22.4567° S / 68.9237° W
An oasis grid on the Loa River, ringed by open Atacama desert and the vast terraced pit of Chuquicamata to the north.
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- Sine signo aquatico
Una urbs, quinque animi
Calama omnibus stilis
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Calama: omnis via acutissime expressa
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In pariete
Calama domi
Tabula
Calama Map Poster & Print
From above, Calama is a compact block of streets surrounded by bare desert. The Loa River, the longest in Chile, curves along the town's edge, and a thin strip of green follows its banks. Beyond that the map turns almost empty: dry plains, a few highways and the long lines of mining roads heading out into the high Atacama.
The city grew as the service centre for copper. A short distance north lies Chuquicamata, one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world, and its stepped rings read on a map like a contour drawing cut into the ground. Calama is also the usual starting point for travellers going on to San Pedro de Atacama and the salt flats beyond.
A Calama map poster shows a city defined by contrast. Dense residential blocks and the airport runway sit on one side, open desert on the other, with the river as the single soft line running through. In black and white the empty ground becomes part of the design, giving the streets a sharp, almost architectural outline.
- Incolae
- 166,334
- Coordinatae
- 22.4567° S / 68.9237° W
- Altitudo
- 2275 m
- Zona horaria
- Santiago
- Regio
- Calama, Chile
Chuquicamata to the north
The huge open-pit copper mine sits a short drive north of the city. Its terraced walls form concentric rings that stand out clearly on any map of the area.
Desert on every side
Past the last streets there is little but open ground and straight roads. That emptiness frames the city tightly and makes its street pattern easy to read at poster scale.
Tuam fac
Calama: partem tuam in forma pone
Adde diem, nomen vel versum tuum; muta stilum, magnitudinem vel directionem.
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Cur Calama
Tabula quae aliquid significat
Calama is a place people come to for work, for the mines or on the way into the Atacama, and many keep a strong tie to it afterwards. A map poster keeps the street grid, the river and the surrounding desert in one clean image.
You can personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line, for example with a year spent in the north or the name of a neighbourhood. Choose from five styles: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, which suits the desert setting well.
Eme tabulam CalamaQuid in fasciculis HD insit300 DPISine signo aquaticoPNG + PDF
| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7″) | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3, 11.7 × 16.5″) | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2, 16.5 × 23.4″) | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
Comparationis causa, specimen gratuitum 900 px latum est, signo aquatico notatum et ad spectandum in quadris lucidis destinatum. Fasciculi HD usque ad octiens maiorem resolutionem in utramque partem habent et tota tabulae magnitudine pure imprimuntur.
Calama Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Calama emere possum?
Elige formam in summa pagina, deinde selige Tabulam Typis Impressam — magnitudinem et, si vis, compagem — vel Fasciculos Digitales HD. Emptio uno gradu conficitur, et pagina emptionis tuae statim renovatur ubi primum solutio confecta est.
Qualis est tabula Calama typis impressa?
In charta opaca praestanti 200 gsm typis imprimitur, una ex sex magnitudinibus, a 30 × 40 cm usque ad 24 × 36″. Tabulae typis impressae incipiunt a $39, missione inclusa.
Possumne tabulam Calama compagine inclusam emere?
Ita. Elige compagem ex solido ligno, colore nigro, albo, quercu naturali vel ligno obscuro. Vitro infrangibili instructa venit et ad suspendendum parata est. Tabulae compagine inclusae incipiunt a $99, missione inclusa.
Quantum temporis missio sumit, et quanti constat?
Missio ubique terrarum gratuita est. Quodque propositum a socio typographico nostro proximo, in plus quam 30 terris, imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Condicionem et vestigium in sectione «Mea mandata» sequi potes. In paucis terris 2–5 hebdomades requiruntur, et ubi nondum mittimus, situs te ante solutionem monet.
Quid si tabula mea laesa pervenit?
Mitte nobis imaginem intra 14 dies post missionem acceptam, et eam gratis iterum imprimemus vel pecuniam tibi reddemus.
Possumne nomina nostra vel diem tabulae Calama addere?
Ita. In instrumento huius paginae, titulum, subtitulum et lineam coordinatarum ad libitum muta, et formam ac magnitudinem elige. Emptiones typis impressae, compagine inclusae et digitales omnes exacte figuram tuam adhibent.
Quid cum fasciculis digitalibus HD accipio?
Pro $9 accipis fasciculos PNG 300 DPI et PDF ad imprimendum paratos in omnibus sex magnitudinibus, sine nota aquatica, ut ubique imprimere possis. Nondum certus es? Prius specimen gratuitum cum nota aquatica demitte.