{"id":10949,"date":"2020-12-02T21:22:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T19:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/?p=10949"},"modified":"2021-03-05T15:33:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T13:33:44","slug":"world-records-from-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/world-records-from-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you already know these world records from Chile?"},"content":{"rendered":"Chile is in many ways a unique country with impressive contrasts from the magic of the starry sky in the Atacama Desert to gigantic glaciers in Patagonia.<\/p>\n<p>So it is not surprising that the country also holds several world records and has already made it into the Guinness Book of World Records many times. Chile is mentioned among 1327 Guinness records, a remarkable achievement.<\/p>\n<p>We have put together for you the most interesting world records for tourism:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-685\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Map-of-Chile.jpg\" alt=\"map pf Chile\" width=\"100\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>The narrowest country in the world<\/h2>\n<p>With a length of 4300 km and a width of only 175 km, Chile is the narrowest country in the world. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/articles\/which-is-the-narrowest-country-in-the-world.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WorldAtlas<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-685\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/driest-desert-neu.jpg\" alt=\"Atacama\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>The driest desert in the world<\/h2>\n<p>This is perhaps one of the most famous records.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\nIn 2005 the Atacama Desert was declared the driest place on earth.<br \/>\nThis assessment was made after measuring an average rainfall of 0.5 mm between 1964 and 2001, which is considered the lowest ever measured by a meteorological center.<\/p>\n<h2>The greatest natural plant diversity in one area<\/h2>\n<p>In the almost 100 square kilometers of the <strong>island of Juan Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> located in front of the coast of Chile, there are more than 209 species of plants, 126 of which are endemic. Since 2002, this has made the island the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.es\/world-records\/highest-diversity-of-plants-per-unit-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guinness World Record<\/a> holder for the greatest plant diversity in a region.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gch3etH2ENg?start=65\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>The southernmost city in the world<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-685\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Puerto-Williams-2.jpg\" alt=\"Puerto Williams\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Puerto Williams<\/strong> is located literally at the end of the world and thus earned the title of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gktoday.in\/current-affairs\/puerto-williams-worlds-southernmost-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">world&#8217;s southernmost city<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\nIt lies opposite the Beagle Channel, which is a strait in Tierra del Fuego Archipelago on South America\u2019s extreme southern tip.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<h2>The world&#8217;s oldest tree population<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-685\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alerce_2.jpg\" alt=\"Alerce\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" \/><br \/>\nWe are located in the Valdivian rainforest in the south of Chile, where the Patagonian cypresses (Fitzroya cupressoides) or alerces grow high into the sky. It is estimated that these trees are more than 2,500 years old. It is worth visiting the <strong>Alerce Andino National Park<\/strong> if you want to experience these breathtaking trees up close.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-685\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alerce_1_neu.jpg\" alt=\"Alerce\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<h2>The worldwide largest swimming pool by area<\/h2>\n<p>This is the pool in a private vacation resort of San Alfonso del Mar. The overall structure of the pool is 1,013 meters long, while the maximum depth reaches 3 meters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-685\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/San-Alfonso.jpg\" alt=\"San Alfonso del Mar\" width=\"620\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Approximately 250 million liters of crystalline salt water, which is extracted from the sea, provides boundless bathing fun. This place is located in the coastal town of Algarrobo in the Valapara\u00edso region, only 90 minutes by car from Santiago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are interested in these interesting places with &#8220;world record feeling&#8221;, mail to <a href=\"mai&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;inf&#111;&#x40;&#x74;&#x72;&#x61;vel&#97;&#x72;&#x74;&#x2e;&#x63;om\">&#x69;nf&#x6f;&#64;t&#x72;av&#x65;la&#x72;t.&#x63;om<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chile is in many ways a unique country with impressive contrasts from the magic of the starry sky in the Atacama Desert to gigantic glaciers in Patagonia. 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