Humberstone, Chile


Humberstone is a ghost town in the Atacama of Chile. It is a Chilean National Monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

History

The town was founded as "La Palma" in 1872 for workers at the adjacent potassium nitrate extraction plant of the Peruvian Nitrate Company. James Thomas Humberstone later became the CEO of the Peruvian Nitrate Company.