United States History Student Edition

Caribbean Sea

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60°W

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Caracas

Lago de Maracaibo (Lake Maracaibo)

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SURINAME Paramaribo

VENEZUELA

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Georgetown

Angel Falls

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Total drop 3,212 ft. 979 m

Cayenne

Bogotá

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French Guiana

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L A N D S

(Fr.)

Isla de Malpelo

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COLOMBIA

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Boundary claimed by Venezuela

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Ilha de Marajó

Boundary claimed by Suriname

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Represa de Sobradinho (Sobradinho Reservoir)

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Lima

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Macchu Picchu

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B R A Z I L I A N

Lago Titicaca (Lake Titicaca)

Brasília

La Paz

PACIFIC OCEAN

BOLIVIA

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Salar de Uyuni

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PARAGUAY

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Asunción

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Isla San Félix

Cataratas do Iguaçu (Iguazú Falls)

Isla San Ambrosio

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Aconcagua 22,834 ft. 6,960 m

ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Archipiélago Juan Fernández

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URUGUAY

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CHILE Santiago

Buenos Aires

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Montevideo

Río de la Plata

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Isla Grande de Chiloé

Península Valdés -131 ft. -40 m

40°S

Archipiélago de los Chonos

A G O

A

Golfo San Jorge

Península de Taitao

P A T

Laguna del Carbón -344 ft. -105 m

Isla Wellington

Archipiélago Reina Adelaida

Stanley

Administered by United Kingdom Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

Tierra el Fuego

0

600 miles

(Claimed by Argentina)

(U.K., Claimed by Argentina) South Georgia Island

Estrecho de Magallanes (Strait of Magellan)

600 kilometers

0

Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn)

Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area projection

Reference Atlas A37