Английская Википедия: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 (Шаблон:Coord)Шаблон:NoteTag
- Southernmost point can be either:
- Águila Islet, Diego Ramírez Islands, Chile[1] (Шаблон:Coord), or, if the South Sandwich Islands are included as part of South America:
- Cook Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Шаблон:Coord)
- Westernmost point can be either:
- Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Шаблон:Coord), or, if Easter Island is included as part of South America:
- Motu Nui (Шаблон:Coord)
- Easternmost point can be either:
- Ilha do Sul, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Brazil (Шаблон:Coord), or, if the South Sandwich Islands are included as part of South America:
- Montagu Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Шаблон:Coord)
South America (mainland)
- Northernmost point: Punta Gallinas, Colombia (Шаблон:Coord)
- Southernmost point: Cape Froward, Chile (Шаблон:Coord)
- Westernmost point: Punta Pariñas, Peru (Шаблон:Coord)
- Easternmost point: Ponta do Seixas, Brazil (Шаблон:Coord)
Center: 40 km. NWbN of Fuerte Olimpo, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay (Шаблон:Coord)
Elevation
- Highest point: Aconcagua,[note 1][2] Mendoza, ArgentinaШаблон:Coord at 6961 m
- Lowest point: Laguna del Carbón, Santa Cruz, Argentina Шаблон:Coord at −105 m
See also
Notes
References
External links
Шаблон:Americas topic Шаблон:South America in topic
- ↑ The geology of Chile (p. 36)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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