Chile, officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile (help·info)), is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific forms the country's entire western border, as Chile has a coastline that stretches over 6,435 kilometres.https://www.cia.gov/libr ary/publications/the-world-factbook/geos /ci.html#Geo Peru borders to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage at the country's southernmost tip. The driest non-Arctic place on Earth known as the Atacama Desert is located in the northern part of Chile.http://www.extremescienc e.com/DriestPlace.htmhttp ://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/types/ Chilean territory extends to the Pacific Ocean which includes the overseas territories of Juan Fernández Islands, the Sala y Gómez islands, the Desventuradas Islands and Easter Island located in Polynesia. Chile claims 1,250,000 km² (482,628 sq mi) of territory in Antarctica.