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Map showing the countries of South America with national capitals and surrounding bodies of water, including the Atlantic and Pacific.

South America, fourth largest of the world’s continents. It is the southern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, or simply the Americas. The continent is compact and roughly triangular in shape, being broad in the north and tapering to a point—Cape