Per extension, the Salar de Arizaro is the 6th largest salt flat in the World and the 2nd largest in Argentina after the Salinas Grandes. Located in the central-western area of the Puna de Atacama, it covers an area of 1,600 km 2. Overview Cono de Arita in Salar de Arizaro It is located between the villages of Tolar Grande and Caipe and near Mina La Casualidad, in Los Andes Department, Salta Province. ) is a large salt flat of the Andes in north-western Argentina. Salar de Arizaro ('Arizaro' comes from Atacameno haâri ' crow', ' condor' and ara, aro, 'accommodation', 'place where something is common'. The eroded material has been blown away by the strong winds of the high desert, leaving the sharp edge. During salt weathering, rocks are eroded by repeated salt crystal growth. On the right, bulbous hills have sharps edges, a formation typical of salt weathering around the base.

The yardangs are aligned precisely with the northwesterly winds.

In the upper left corner, small rounded bumps in the landscape are yardangs, dusty hills formed when soft rocks are weathered and abraded by winds. The dry lakebeds and yardangs in Salar de Arizaro, imaged by NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite.

Largest salt flat