Geography of Chile

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Geography of Chile

Continent	South America
Region	Southern Cone
Coordinates	30°00'S 70°00' W
Highest point	Ojos del Salado in Andes of Atacama Region 6,893 m (22,615 ft)
Lowest point	Pacific Ocean, 0 m
Longest river	Loa River, 440 km (273 mi)
Largest lake	General Carrera Lake

The geography of Chile is extremely diverse, as the country extends from a latitude of 17° South to Cape Horn at 56° and from the Pacific Ocean at its west to the Andes at its east. Chile is situated in southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean and a small part of the South Atlantic Ocean. Chile's territorial shape is considered among the world's most unusual; from north to south, the country extends 4,270 km (2,653 mi), and yet it only averages 177 km (110 mi) east to west. Chile reaches from the middle of South America's west coast straight down to the southern tip of the continent, where it curves slightly eastward. Diego Ramírez Islands and Cape Horn, the southernmost points in the Americas, where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet, are Chilean territory. Chile's northern neighbors are Peru and Bolivia, and its border with Argentina to the east, at 5,150 km (3,200 mi), is the world's third-longest. The total land size is 756,102 km² (291,933 sq mi). The very long coastline of 6,435 km (3,999 mi) gives Chile the 11th largest exclusive economic zone of 3,648,532 km² (1,408,706 sq mi).