Extreme points of South America
This is a list of the extreme points of South America, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. The continent's southernmost point is incorrectly often said to be Cape Horn, but Águila Islet of the Diego Ramirez Islands is actually the southernmost point.
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Latitude and longitude
Geographic coordinates expressed in WGS 84.
South America
- Northernmost point: Santa Catalina Island in San Andrés y Providencia Department, Colombia (13°24′03″N 81°22′14″W)[1]
- Southernmost point can be either:
- Águila Islet, Diego Ramirez Islands, Chile[2] (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.), or, if the South Sandwich Islands are included as part of South America:
- Cook Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Westernmost point can be either:
- Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.), or, if Easter Island is included as part of South America:
- Motu Nui (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Easternmost point can be either:
- Ilha do Sul, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Brazil (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.), or, if the South Sandwich Islands are included as part of South America:
- Montagu Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
South America (mainland)
- Northernmost point: Punta Gallinas, Colombia (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Southernmost point: Cape Froward, Chile (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Westernmost point: Punta Pariñas, Peru (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Easternmost point: Ponta do Seixas, Brazil (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Center: 40 km. NWbN of Fuerte Olimpo, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Elevation
- Highest point: Aconcagua,[note 1][3] Mendoza, ArgentinaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at 6961 m
- Lowest point: Laguna del Carbón, Santa Cruz, Argentina Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at −105 m
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Extreme points of Colombia
- ↑ The geology of Chile (p. 36)
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