Extreme points of South America 873595 217998630 2008-06-08T18:20:01Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Moving category Extreme points of the world to Extreme points of Earth per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 May 22]]. 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 often said to be [[Cape Horn]], which is the southernmost point of the coastal Chilean islands. ==South America== * Northernmost point: [[Punta Gallinas]], [[Colombia]] ({{coor dms|12|27|30.48|N|71|39|53.02|W|}}) * Southernmost point: [[Águila Islet]], [[Diego Ramirez Islands]], [[Chile]] ¹ * Westernmost point: [[Darwin Island]], [[Galápagos Islands]], [[Ecuador]] ({{coor dms|01|40|43.50|N|92|00|32.96|W|}}) ² * Easternmost point: Ilha do Sul, [[Trindade and Martim Vaz|Ilhas Martin Vaz]], [[Brazil]] ({{coor dms|20|28|28|S|28|50|26|W|}}) ³ ==South America (mainland)== * Northernmost point: [[Punta Gallinas]], [[Colombia]] ({{coor dms|12|27|30.48|N|71|39|53.02|W|}}) * Southernmost point: [[Cape Froward]], [[Chile]] ({{coor dms|53|53|46.70|S|71|17|39.53|W|}}) * Westernmost point: [[Punta Pariñas]], [[Peru]] ({{coor dms|04|40|58.49|S|81|19|43.72|W|}}) * Easternmost point: [[Ponta do Seixas]], [[Brazil]] ({{coor dms|07|09|19.07|S|34|47|32.98|W|}}) Center: Northern [[Paraguay]] ({{coor dms|20|43|08.11|S|58|03|38.35|W|}}) :¹ If the [[South Sandwich Islands]] are included as part of South America, then [[Thule Island]], [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]] is the southernmost point ({{coor dms|59|31|50.52|S|27|23|50.69|W|}}). :² If [[Easter Island]] is included as part of South America, then the nearby islet of [[Motu Nui]] is the westernmost point. :³ If the [[South Sandwich Islands]] are included as part of South America, then [[Montagu Island]], [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]] is the easternmost point ({{coor dms|58|25|00|S|26|23|00|W|}}). == Altitude == * Highest point: [[Aconcagua]], [[Mendoza Province|Mendoza]], 6,962 m {{coor dms|32|39|00|S|70|14|00|W|type:landmark_region:AR|name=Aconcagua (highest)}} * Lowest point: [[Laguna del Carbón]], Santa Cruz, -105 m {{coor dms|49|35|00|S|68|21|00|W|type:landmark_region:AR|name=Laguna del Carbón (lowest)}} == Extreme points of South American countries == {{South America in topic|Extreme points of}} == See also == *[[Geography of South America]] *[[Extreme points of the world]] [[Category:Geography of South America]] [[es:Puntos extremos de América del Sur]] [[Category:Extreme points of Earth]]