Why Is Chile So Long and Skinny?
The history of Chile’s unique borders
4 min readNov 4, 2023
Chile snakes its way up the coast of South America. Chile takes up a large portion of the western coast of the continent. Argentina borders Chile to the east, and they share an extremely long border. Chile also borders Peru (north) and Bolivia (northeast.) One of Chile’s most distinguishable features is its odd shape. Chile is extremely long and…
