Caleta Camarones

Caleta Camarones is a town located in the extreme southwest of Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile.

In 2010, a monumental sculpture celebrating the Chinchorro Culture was inaugurated in the town as part of the bicentennial of the Chilean Republic.

The sculpture is four and a half meters tall and weighs eight tons; it is located in the vicinity of the archaeological sites 'Camarones 14 and 15'.

The work was inaugurated by the Mayor, and it aims to celebrate the Chinchorro Culture throughout Chile and worldwide.

In 1998, the process started to add Chinchorro culture sites to UNESCO list of the World Heritage of Humanity.

The beach and the wetlands of Caleta Camarones