South Pacific High

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Sketch showing the normal location of the Pacific High west of Peru and Chile

The South Pacific High is a subtropical anticyclone located in the south east of the Pacific Ocean making the west coast of South America arid. Sechura and Atacama deserts, as the whole climate of Chile, are heavily influenced by this semi-permanent high pressure area.

v t e Cyclones and Anticyclones of the world

Types	Extratropical Meso-scale Polar Polar low Subtropical cyclone/Subtropical ridge Tropical

Anticyclones	Polar high Siberian High Azores High (Bermuda/North Atlantic) North American High (Canadian/Greenland) South Atlantic High (St.Helena) North Pacific High South Pacific High Scandinavian High Mascarene High (Indian) Australian High Antarctic High Kalahari High

Cyclones	Aleutian low (Alaska/Far East Russia) Genoa low Icelandic Low Kona low (Hawaii)

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