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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Argentina-Chile border, Bolivia-Chile border, Chile-Peru border, Territorial disputes of Chile, War of the Pacific, Beagle conflict, Direct negotiations between Chile and Argentina in 1977-1978, Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina, Pascua Lama, Atacama border dispute, Llullaillaco, Ojos del Salado, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Monte Fitz Roy, Beagle Channel, Tronador, Socompa, El Indio Gold Belt, Drake Passage, Licancabur, Lanin, 90th meridian west, Chilean-Peruvian maritime dispute of 2006-2007, General Carrera Lake, Puna de Atacama dispute, Maipo, O'Higgins/San Martin Lake, Parinacota, Pactos de Mayo, Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas, Cami Lake, Viedma Lake, Cochrane/Pueyrredon Lake, Ollague, 52nd parallel south, Copahue, Planchon-Peteroa, Pomerape, Incahuasi, Treaty of Ancon, Acotango, Boundary Treaty of 1866 between Chile and Bolivia, Tacna-Arica compromise, Futaleufu River, Nevado Tres Cruces, Irruputuncu, Monte San Lorenzo, Cerro Bayo Complex, Cerro El Muerto, Zapaleri, Olca, Cordon del Azufre, Paruma, Case Concerning Maritime Delimitation between the Republic of Peru and the Republic of Chile, Perquilauquen River, Treaty of Arbitration Between Chile and Argentina of 1902, Falso Azufre, Nevado Juncal, Cerro Escorial, Palena/General Vintter Lake, Punta Dungeness, Lastarria, Cerro Minchincha, Treaty of Lima, Alto Toroni, Espiritu Santo Cape, Cerro Las Tortolas. Excerpt: The War of the Pacific (Spanish: ) took place in western South America from 1879 through 1883. The forces of Chile fought a defensive alliance of Bolivia and Peru. The conflict is also known as the "Saltpeter War," as disputes over mineral-rich territory were the war's prime cause. The conflict originated in a dispute between Chile and Bolivia over a 10 cent tax on the Antofagasta Nitrate & Railwa...