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Argentina Factfile 
Argentina

Introduction

HMS Endurance is in Puerto Belgrano on the eastern coast of Argentina.

Argentina makes up a large section of the southern part of the continent of South America. At 2.77 million sq km, it is the second largest country on the continent, after Brazil and the 8th largest in the world. Argentina is a long country, stretching from the Tropic of Capricorn to the North and almost to Antarctica to the South (55ºS), with Ushuaia the most southerly town in the world.

Map of Argentina

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