Coastal South America

The Coastal South America Range is perhaps the most disjointed and bizarre of all the Range2s created for the Peakbagger Mountain Range Classification Scheme. It contains everything between the Andes and the nearby Pacific Ocean or Caribbean Sea, which, in most cases, is not much of anything. The Andes follow the coast of South America very closely, and the ranges of hills and occasional high peaks between the high mountains and the ocean are widely scattered. The one main thing they have in common is that they are generally not considered to be part of the main Cordillera de los Andes.

This grouping also includes offshore islands of the coast of South America, from the Galapagos to Tierra del Fuego. On the mainlaind, by far the most dominant range included is the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, rising to over 5500 meters directly from the Caribbean. The low coastal chains of Chile, between the central valley and the Pacific, are also non-Andean and therefore part of this area. The mountains of coastal Venzuela are another fairly extensive area that logically belongs in the Coastal South America range.

Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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