List of extreme points of Chile explained
This is a list of the extreme points of Chile.
Latitude and longitude
Geographic coordinates expressed in WGS 84.
Chile
Mainland
Geographical center
Altitude
Height referred to mean sea level.
Monuments
There is a monument at Playa Blanca ("White Beach"), located between Coronel and Lota in the Biobío Region, representing the middle of continental Chile north-south.[2] [3]
South of Punta Arenas there is another such monument, marking Chile's north-south center, including Antarctic territorial claims (photo).[4]
Notes and References
- Book: Geographical Dictionary of the Republic of Chile . Imp. de F. A. Brockhaus . 1899 . Francisco Solano Asta-Buruaga y Cienfuegos. es.
- Web site: websil . Sil.senado.cl . 2010-12-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707012110/http://sil.senado.cl/cgi-bin/sil_proyectos.pl?7332-04 . 2011-07-07 .
- Web site: Comuna De Lota | Descubre Bio Bio . Descubrebiobio.cl . 2010-12-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707005950/http://www.descubrebiobio.cl/comuna-de-lota.html . 2011-07-07 .
- Web site: Tour Packages Punta Arenas and Penguins . Chileturistic.com . 2010-12-02 .