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Elevation Extremes of South America
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Country
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Highest Point
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Lowest Point
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Argentina
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Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m |
Salinas Chicas - 40 m on Peninsula Valdes
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Bolivia
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Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
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Rio Paraguay 90 m
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Brazil
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Pico da Neblina 3,014 m
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Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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Chile
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Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m
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Pacific Ocean 0 m
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Colombia
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Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m
Pico Simon Bolivar 5,775 m
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Pacific Ocean 0 m
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Ecuador
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Chimborazo 6,267 m
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Pacific Ocean 0 m
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Falkland Islands
Islas Malvinas
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Mount Usborne 705 m
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Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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French Guiana
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Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
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Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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Guyana
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Mount Roraima 2,835 m
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Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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Paraguay
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Cerro Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 m
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Junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
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Peru
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Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m
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Pacific Ocean 0 m
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Suriname
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Juliana Top 1,230 m
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Unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
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Uruguay
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Cerro Catedral 514 m
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Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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Venezuela
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Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m
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Caribbean Sea 0 m
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