PATACHE in summer.
A port to the south of Iquique-Chile, 61km approx.

The vessels arrive to load concentrated of copper, coming through the "desert from atacama" from the high mountain, where one of the more important mining companies of the world is located: Mining Company "Doña Ines de Collahuasi".

Photo taken by José Martínez Pinilla, Captain of the tugboat TUPAHUE.