Patagonia is a large region in the far south of South America, shared by both Argentina and Chile. It lies at the southern end of the continent, stretching from around the Colorado River in the north down to Tierra del Fuego and the tip of South America, between the Andes Mountains and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Where Patagonia Is

  • Patagonia is in southern South America, not a country but a geographic and cultural region.
  • It covers the southern parts of Argentina and Chile, including the southern Andes, wide plateaus, and long coastal areas on both the Atlantic and Pacific.

In Argentina and Chile

  • On the Argentine side, Patagonia extends roughly from the provinces around the RĂ­o Colorado southward to Tierra del Fuego, from the Andes in the west to the Atlantic coast in the east.
  • On the Chilean side, it runs through the southern regions (such as AysĂ©n and Magallanes) down to the extreme south, with fjords, glaciers, and national parks like Torres del Paine.

How To Picture It

  • If you look at a map of South America, Patagonia is the broad, tapering bottom part of the continent below the main population centers of Buenos Aires and Santiago.
  • It is often called “the end of the world” because it is one of the last inhabited regions before Antarctica and is a common departure point for Antarctic trips.

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