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Topographic map of South America. This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of South America, ...
Highest town in Venezuela. 3,360 m. according to Google Maps. 17 Cusco Peru: 3399 11151 18 Vetas Colombia: 3350 10990 Highest town in Colombia. 3,230 m. according to Google Maps. 19 Papallacta Ecuador: 3300 10826 Highest town in Ecuador. According to other sources is Zumbahua at 3,510 m. 20 Huancayo Peru: 3259 10659 21 Tarma Peru: 3053 10016 22 ...
Cook Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Westernmost point can be either: Darwin Island , Galápagos Islands , Ecuador ( 01°40′44″N 92°00′33″W / 1.67889°N 92.00917°W / 1.67889; -92.00917 ), or, if Easter Island is included as part of South America
South America satellite orthographic Map of South America. (1750) Geograph: Robert de Vaugondy. The terminator is visible in this panoramic view across central South America. The geography of South America contains many diverse regions and climates.
Map of countries coloured according to their highest point. The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
The Bolivian Orocline is a seaward-concave bending in the coast of South America and the Andes Mountains at about 18° S. [6] [7] At this point, the orientation of the Andes turns from northwest in Peru to south in Chile and Argentina. [7]
This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, [1] unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
A map of the endorheic river basins ... influencing the transmission of tectonic forces into South America. ... as commencing at an elevation of approximately 4,500 ...