Extreme points of South America
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The extreme points of South America are the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. The continent's southernmost point is often said to be Cape Horn, but Águila Islet of the Diego Ramírez Islands lies further south.
Latitude and longitude
Geographic coordinates expressed in WGS 84.
South America
- Northernmost point: Bajo Nuevo keys in San Andrés y Providencia Department, Colombia (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)Template:NoteTag
- Southernmost point can be either:
- Águila Islet, Diego Ramírez Islands, Chile[1] (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), or, if the South Sandwich Islands are included as part of South America:
- Cook Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Westernmost point can be either:
- Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), or, if Easter Island is included as part of South America:
- Motu Nui (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Easternmost point can be either:
- Ilha do Sul, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Brazil (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), or, if the South Sandwich Islands are included as part of South America:
- Montagu Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
South America (mainland)
- Northernmost point: Punta Gallinas, Colombia (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Southernmost point: Cape Froward, Chile (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Westernmost point: Punta Pariñas, Peru (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Easternmost point: Ponta do Seixas, Brazil (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
Center: 40 km NWbN of Fuerte Olimpo, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
Elevation
- Highest point: Aconcagua,[note 1][2] Mendoza, ArgentinaScript error: No such module "Coordinates". at 6961 m
- Lowest point: Laguna del Carbón, Santa Cruz, Argentina Script error: No such module "Coordinates". at −105 m
See also
Notes
References
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- ↑ The geology of Chile (p. 36)
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External links
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