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[[File:Uyuni landsat.JPG|thumb|250px|Salar de Uyuni viewed from space, with Salar de Coipasa in the top left corner]]
 
'''Salar de Uyuni''' (or '''Salar de Tunupa''')<ref>{{cite web|title=Salar de Tunupa|url=http://www.irisentoreopreis.nl/tunupa_map.shtml|website=Iris en Tore op reis|accessdate=26 February 2016|date=29 July 2011}}</ref> is the world's largest [[Salt pan (geology)|salt flat]] at {{convert|10582|sqkm|sp=us}}. That's 4,086 sq mi of flat Earth with absolutely no curvature! Check the images in the gallery. It is located in the [[Daniel Campos Province]] in [[Potosí Department|Potosí]] in southwest [[Bolivia]], near the crest of the [[Andes]] and is at an elevation of {{convert|3656|m|sp=us}} above mean sea level.<ref name=britannica>{{Cite web
|title = Uyuni Salt Flat
|publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica