Geography Of Chile

Location	Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru
Geographic coordinates	30 00 S, 71 00 W
Map references	south_america
Area	total: 756,950 sq km land: 748,800 sq km note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez water: 8,150 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana
Land boundaries	total: 6,171 km border countries: Argentina 5,150 km, Bolivia 861 km, Peru 160 km
Coastline	6,435 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200/350 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south
Terrain	low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
Natural resources	copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 2.65% permanent crops: 0.42% other: 96.93% (2001)
Irrigated land	18,000 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis
Environment - current issues	widespread deforestation and mining threaten natural resources; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage
Environment - international agreements	party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	strategic location relative to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); Atacama Desert is one of world's driest regions

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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