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Humberstone | Historic mining town |
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The former saltpetre mine of Humberstone (in operation until 1961) was abandoned and the associated settlement represents a ghost town. However, the place was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the nearby site of Santa Laura and is open to visitors.
- Location
- View on OpenStreetMap
- Created
- on Sunday 24 September 2006 by Martin Mergili
- Region
- Keywords
- hot deserts, industrial building, lost place, mining, museum, residential building, ruin, science|education, trade, villagescape, Zonobiome III
- Visits and license
- 9282 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license