Looking at a map, Chile is a thin strip of land compared to all other South American countries, which is what makes sense to do because it makes it easily identifiable to everyone when they also look at a map.
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Fun fact, Brazil has about the same length on the N-S as the E-W directions.
You can’t notice this looking at most maps.
Looks like a fried chicken thigh. Though a lot of things could look like fried chicken pieces.
I love cultural fusion. I’m also hungry now.
Brazil is delicious
Brazil is south America shaped, which is Africa shaped. The other way is Rio Grande do Sul that is Brazil shaped and a Brazilian state
Exactly! Just like on the map of Scandinavia, you could call Sweden and Norway the shaft and Demark the ejaculate.
If Scandinavia looks like a cock to you, then yes. But you might want to see a doctor it your cock looks like the outline of Norway and Sweden…
Sweden is clearly the cock and Finland the balls. Norway is only for Klingons.
Finland is not part of the traditional definition of Scandinavia
Fennoscandia then
I saw a doctor in Amsterdam about it and he slid me €20 and kept saying, “I’m a real doctor”. They really do things differently in Europe!
Nah, my wife likes that I’m fjorded for her pleasure.
Sweden and Finland. Sweden is the shaft, Finland are the balls
Well they’re not wrong
It’s enormous, but relatively speaking, a thin strip, yeah
And the BBC is headquartered on a damp rock.
As a Brit… … yeah actually
Yeah this is 100% correct. Today it’s a damp and humid rock.
Wish I was on some far off thin strip of land, if I’m honest.
Me too, and I’m not from a damp rock or a small country.
You mean the media outlet from the insignificant island in the North Sea?
Looks pretty thin to me:
The narrow point is about as wide as driving to my nearest beach and that’s a reasonable day trip distance.
It’s 2600 miles/4200km long. It’s 2300 miles NYC to Los Angeles, for perspective.
Maybe narrow would be better wording, given that it’s about proportions rather than absolute size
I think both narrow and thin are relative, rather than absolute terms. It’s a country, not a pipe.
Both invoke an idea of smallness, though. Maybe skinny?
Yay pedantry!
Svelte Mr. Bediker
UK could have had Europe…
I’m not sure this is malintended
High aspect ratio just doesn’t roll off the tongue does it?
At least call it a banana due to earth’s curvature
Viva chile mierda!
Now show the population density
It is a relatively thin strip of land. I drove down the Carretera Austral a few years ago, you even have to drive through Argentina, because there are the sea and mountains and not enough space to “fit” a highway (alternatively you could take the ferry).
I’m sorry, but at no point does Chile get too thin to fit a highway. It is just that part meets a gulf and wildlife territory. They are all national parks. The alternative (to going into Argentina or the ferry) would be to deforest hundreds of hectares and blow up mountains just so tourists get an scenic car ride (that is already pretty scenic and spectacular as it is).
That’s why I put the “fit” in quotes. There is no space for a highway because of gulf, mountains and national parks, and that is a good thing.
If it was wider they would have built a highway for sure.
I get what you meant. But it would be more apt to say that they don’t want a highway there, it’s not like it wouldn’t fit if they wanted. The whole thing is a biosphere reserve, new infrastructure is not allowed. It has nothing to do with the geographical wideness of Chile. To only have a ferry there is a choice. Bypassing through Argentina actually skips a good third of the official highway.
What are you talking about? Chile gets wider at the bottom…
You should zoom in and check the topography.
I did that one day! That place is buck wild!
bro do you know how topographic maps relate to reality?
Somos el mejor país de Chile CTM!
An interesting comparison is Canada. Chile is about as long as Canada is wide, and most of Canada lives within a short distance of the US border, so the population distribution is similar to Chile’s.
