Significant Places and Features for Global Tectonics: South America

Aconcagua
Altiplano
Andes
Amazon River
Arequipa
Arica
Atacama Desert
Bogotá
Brazilian Shield
Buenos Aires
Chacos
Chaitén
Chuquicamata
Cotopaxi
Falkland Islands
Falklands Transform
Galapagos Islands
Galeras
Guyanan Shield
Huascaran
Juan Fernandez Ridge    
Lake Maracaibo
Lake Titicaca
La Paz
Lima
Islas Malvinas
Nazca Ridge
Nazca-Antarctic Ridge
Nevado del Ruiz
North Scotian Transform   
Orinoco River
Pampas
Panama
Paraná River
Patagonia
Potosí
Puna
Rio de Janeiro
Salar de Atacama
Santiago
Saõ Paulo
South Georgia
Tierra del Fuego
Valparaiso
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Aconcagua
Argentina-Chile border

Altiplano
high plateau of Bolivia-Peru

Andes
Colombia to Tierra del Fuego

Amazon River
drains northern and central South America

Arequipa
southern Peru

Argentina
southern South America, Atlantic shores

Arica
northernmost Chile

Atacama Desert
northern Chile and southern Peru

Bogotá
Colombia

Bolivia
central Andes

Brazil
eastern half of the continent

Brazilian Shield
south, central and eastern Brazil

Buenos Aires
northeastern Argentina

Chaitén
southern Chile

Chacos
Paraguay-Bolivia

Chile
southern South America, Pacific shores

Chuquicamata
northern Chile

Colombia
northern Andes Cotopaxi
Ecuador

Ecuador
equatorial Andes

Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas
offshore southern Argentina

Falklands Transform
north of Falkland Is.

French Guiana
northeastern South America

Galapagos Islands
west of Ecuador

Galeras
southern Colombia

Guyana
northeastern South America

Guyanan Shield
northern South America

Huascaran
northern Peru

Juan Fernandez Ridge
west of Chile, Nazca plate floor

Lake Maracaibo
northern Venezuela

Lake Titicaca
Bolivia-Peru border

La Paz
Bolivia

Lima
Peru

Nazca Ridge
west of Peru, Nazca plate floor

Nazca-Antarctic Ridge
Spreading ridge between Nazca and Antarctic plates

Nevado del Ruiz
west of Bogotá, Colombia

North Scotian Transform
South of Falkland Islands

Orinoco River
Venezuela

Pampas
northern Argentina

Panama
connects South and Central America

Paraguay
south central South America

Paraguay River
drains southern Brazil and Paraguay, tributary to Paraná

Paraná River
drains southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina

Patagonia
southern South America

Peru
central Andes

Potosí
Bolivia

Puna
Andean plateau in northern Argentina

Rio de Janeiro
southeastern Brazil

Salar de Atacama
northern Chile

Santiago
central Chile

Saõ Paulo
southeast Brazil

South Georgia
South Atlantic, east of Falkland Is.

Suriname
northeastern South America

Tierra del Fuego
southernmost tip of South America

Uruguay
between Argentina and Brazil

Venezuela
northern South America

Valparaiso
coastal Chile


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