List of extreme points of Chile
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This is a list of the extreme points of Chile.
Latitude and longitude
Geographic coordinates expressed in WGS 84.
Chile
- Northernmost point: Tripartite border with Bolivia and Peru in Arica and Parinacota Region near Visviri (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Southernmost point can be either:
- Águila Islet, Diego Ramírez Islands in Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., or, if Antarctic Chilean Territory claims are considered,
- The South Pole in Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Westernmost point: Motu Nui, off Easter Island (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Easternmost point can be either:
- Nueva Island in Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".),[1] or, if Antarctic Chilean Territory claims are considered,
- The 53rd meridian west of Greenwich, over Antarctica in Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region.
Mainland
- Northernmost point: Tripartite border with Bolivia and Peru in Arica and Parinacota Region (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Southernmost point: Cape Froward in Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Westernmost point: Taitao Peninsula in Aisén Region (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Easternmost point: Off Nevados de Poquis in Antofagasta Region (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
Geographical center
- Chile (Including Easter Island):
- including Antarctic territorial claims: South Pacific Ocean, 687 km WbS of Punta Arenas, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region, Chile (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- excluding Antarctic territorial claims: South Pacific Ocean, 737 km SWbW of Alejandro Selkirk Island, Valparaíso Region, Chile (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Mainland: about 8 km. east of Colbún, Maule Region, Chile (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
Altitude
Height referred to mean sea level.
- Highest point: Ojos del Salado in Atacama Region, 6,893 m (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Lowest point: Pacific Ocean, 0 m
Monuments
There is a monument at Playa Blanca ("White Beach"), located between Coronel and Lota in the Biobío Region, representing the middle of continental Chile north-south.[2][3]
South of Punta Arenas there is another such monument, marking Chile's north-south center, including Antarctic territorial claims (photo).[4]
References
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