South Pacific High

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 southeast Pacific Ocean. The area of high atmospheric pressure and the presence of the Humboldt Current in the underlying ocean make the west coast of Peru and northern Chile extremely arid. The Sechura and Atacama deserts, as the whole climate of Chile, are heavily influenced by this semi-permanent high pressure area.

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Cyclones and anticyclones of the world

Types	Extratropical Mesocyclone/Anticyclonic storm Polar Subtropical cyclone/Subtropical ridge Thermal 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 Kalahari High

Cyclones	Aleutian Low (Alaska/Far East Russia) Atlantic hurricane Australian Low (east coast) European windstorm Genoa Low Icelandic Low Kona storm (Hawaii) Nor'easter Pacific hurricane Polar vortex Typhoon Wake Low

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