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South America has an area of 17,840,000 km 2 or almost 11.98% of Earth's total land area. By land area, South America is the world's fourth largest continent after Asia, Africa, and North America. South America is almost twice as big as Europe by land area, and is marginally larger than Russia.

This is a political map of South America which shows the countries of South America along with capital cities, major cities, islands, oceans, seas, and gulfs. The map is a portion of a larger world map created by the Central Intelligence Agency using Robinson Projection. You can also view the full pan-and-zoom CIA World Map as a PDF document.

Small Reference Map of South America South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere (west of Greenwich ;), the southern half of the American landmass, it is connected to North America by the Isthmus (land bridge) of Panama. The greater portion of the continent is in the Southern Hemisphere of the planet. Click on the map to enlarge.

Interactive Map of South America map Steamy forests, snaking rivers and ice-clad volcanoes: it’s no surprise that outsiders have long been drawn to South America . This is a land of rich treasures, stretching from the frozen glaciers of Patagonia, through dense equatorial jungle and up into the northern hemisphere.