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Cochabamba

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Cochabamba is a department in the Sub-Andean region of Bolivia. It lies in the Andean valley region of Bolivia, between the tropical lowlands of Santa Cruz and the highlands and altiplano in Potosí and La Paz.

La Paz

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La Paz Department is situated on the Altiplano at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with Peru. It contains the mighty mountain range of Cordillera Real with many popular treks and peaks for climbing. Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas, the steep eastern slopes of the Andes that make the transition to the Amazon basin. It also contains the city of La Paz, the administrative capital of the country.

Tierra del Fuego

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Tierra del Fuego is a 73,000 km² large archipelago off the south of South America, divided between Argentina and Chile by the 1881 Treaty. This article covers the argentinean (eastern) portion (aka the Province of Tierra del Fuego). The western and southern part (including Cape Horn) belongs to Chile and is covered in the article Tierra del Fuego (Chile).

Santa Cruz

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Santa Cruz Province is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia. It borders Chubut Province to the north, and Chile to the west and south, with an Atlantic coast on its east. Santa Cruz is the second-largest province of the country (after Buenos Aires Province), and the least densely populated in mainland Argentina.