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Recent Examples of altiplano
Built in the late 19 th century to transport the altiplano’s abundant metals and minerals, the railway line once ran from Bolivia’s de facto capital La Paz to the Pacific port of Antofagasta in Chile.
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The Editors,
Outside,
31 Aug. 2025
Tiwanaku communities first emerged in an altiplano, or high plain, of the Andes called the Titicaca Basin, named after Lake Titicaca.
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Gina Park,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
The landscape changed around me; condensing from plains, desert, and mountains into the jungles of Central America, then unfolding in reverse, into the expanse of the altiplano.
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J.r. Patterson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Feb. 2022
The world's largest salt flat covers 4,000 square miles of Bolivian altiplano.
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Anne Olivia Bauso,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Dec. 2021
In the Chilean altiplano above 12,000 feet, Meiburg spends one of the coldest nights of his life in a sleeping bag on the edge of a salt lagoon, staking out mountain caracaras known for working in groups to flip over heavy flat stones in search of edible creatures.
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Paul Kvinta,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2021
The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau—the Andean altiplano—one could weep with gratitude that it is heated.
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Alma Guillermoprieto,
The New York Review of Books,
3 Dec. 2020
Which is why Steve Ruff, a planetary scientist at Arizona State University and a key player in the Home Plate analysis, traveled thousands of miles to El Tatio, a series of hot springs in the rare air of Chile’s altiplano.
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Jeffrey Marlow,
Discover Magazine,
28 Nov. 2016
The Editors,
Outside,
31 Aug. 2025
Tiwanaku communities first emerged in an altiplano, or high plain, of the Andes called the Titicaca Basin, named after Lake Titicaca.
—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
The landscape changed around me; condensing from plains, desert, and mountains into the jungles of Central America, then unfolding in reverse, into the expanse of the altiplano.
—
J.r. Patterson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Feb. 2022
The world's largest salt flat covers 4,000 square miles of Bolivian altiplano.
—
Anne Olivia Bauso,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Dec. 2021
In the Chilean altiplano above 12,000 feet, Meiburg spends one of the coldest nights of his life in a sleeping bag on the edge of a salt lagoon, staking out mountain caracaras known for working in groups to flip over heavy flat stones in search of edible creatures.
—
Paul Kvinta,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2021
The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau—the Andean altiplano—one could weep with gratitude that it is heated.
—
Alma Guillermoprieto,
The New York Review of Books,
3 Dec. 2020
Which is why Steve Ruff, a planetary scientist at Arizona State University and a key player in the Home Plate analysis, traveled thousands of miles to El Tatio, a series of hot springs in the rare air of Chile’s altiplano.
—
Jeffrey Marlow,
Discover Magazine,
28 Nov. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for altiplano
Noun
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Perched on the edge of a rocky plateau above the village, its sleek, ultra-modern rooms open onto balconies with views of the rooftops below and the Matterhorn beyond.
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The iPhone’s technical performance is improving to support features such as generative AI, even as consumer requirements plateau.
Noun
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The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.
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The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.
Noun
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Its mesas, arches and deep canyons give the stars a dramatic stage, especially from remote viewpoints away from direct artificial light.
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Riders make their way through a mesa area on Tatooine with options to choose three or four branching paths.
Noun
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Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.
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Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands.
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“Altiplano.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altiplano. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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