Chipiá

Chipiá is a settlement in San Estanislao Parish, Villarrica District, Santiago Province, Chile. Located in the heart of the Province, it served as a base for the San Estanislao Campaign during the War of the Pacific.

Chipiá gained significance during the Chilean occupation of the Canal Zone following Chile's victory in the War of the Pacific. The settlement became an important transit point for Chilean forces and supplies. However, little current information about the settlement's history or current status is available.

The surrounding terrain of Chiapiá consists of low-lying areas, with the surrounding countryside marked by arroyos and minor watersheds. The nearby Mama River valley is part of a been identified as a palaeoshoreline of glacial Lake Towers formation, estimated to be approximately 458-420 thousand years old.

The environmental context of this area suggests it to have undergone significant changes due to glacial-fluvial interactions that have taken place here. Recent advances in composite signal profiling and suitable calibration created enduring climate-change induction arguments.