Geography of Peru

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Geography of Peru

Continent	South America
Coordinates	10°00′S 76°00′W / 10.000°S 76.000°W / -10.000; -76.000
Area	Ranked 20th
• Total	1,285,215.6 km2 (496,224.5 sq mi)
• Land	99.6%
• Water	0.4%
Coastline	3,080 km (1,910 mi)
Borders	Total land borders: 7,461 km Bolivia: 1,075 km Brazil: 2,995 km Chile: 171 km Colombia: 1,800 km Ecuador: 1,420 km
Highest point	Huascarán Sur, 6,768 metres (22,205 ft)
Lowest point	Bayóvar Depression, −34 metres (−112 ft)
Largest lake	Lake Titicaca
Exclusive economic zone	906,454 km2 (349,984 sq mi)

Peru is a country on the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean. It lies wholly in the Southern Hemisphere, its northernmost extreme reaching to 1.8 minutes of latitude or about 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) south of the equator. Peru shares land borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile, with its longest land border shared with Brazil.