In the north is the Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth.
At the southern tip of Chile's mainland is Punta Arenas, the southernmost city in the world.
Tierra el Fuego is an island divided between Chile and Argentina.
The southernmost point of South America is Cape Horn, a 1,390-feet rock on Horn Island in the Wollaston group, which belongs to Chile.
Chile also claims sovereignty over 482,628 sq. miles of Antarctic territory; the Juan Fernandez Islands (about 400 miles west of the mainland); and Easter Island (about 2,000 miles west)
source: Infoplease.com
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