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Marajo, mah rah ZHAW, is a Brazilian island. See more »
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Atacama Desert
Atacama at uh KAM uh or ah tah KAH mah, Desert, is a barren, mineral-rich region in northern Chile and the southern tip of Peru.
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Juan Fernandez, hwahn fuhr NAN duhs, is the name of a group of three islands that lie about 400 miles (640 kilometers) west of Chile in the Pacific Ocean.
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Magellan, muh JEHL uhn, Strait of, is a narrow, stormy waterway that separates the islands of Tierra del Fuego from the mainland of South America.
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Rio de la Plata, ree oh duh luh PLAHT uh, is an estuary, or funnel-shaped bay, on the southeastern coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay.
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