Extreme points of South America
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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]]