| ATACAMA | Arid region in northern Chile, extending 600 to 700 miles (1,000 to 1,100 km) long from north to south. |
| PATAGONIA | The southernmost region of South America, in Argentina and Chile, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic (9) |
| SATS | Scores on them range from 600 to 2400 |
| EUROPE | Home to 700+ million |
| GOBI | ____ Desert, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia (4) |
| ANTOFAGASTA | Port city in northern Chile, about 700 miles north of Santiago |
| MALAY | Also called Kra Peninsula, this long, narrow appendix of Asia extends south for a distance of about 700 miles (1,127 km) through the Isthmus of Kra to Cape Pia. (5) |
| HANOI | Capital 700 miles north of Ho Chi Minh City |
| ARAL | Sea once home to 1,100- plus islands |
| TOXIC | To 1,100 it is deadly (5) |
| ELBURZ | Major mountain range in northern Iran that is 560 miles (900 km) long. This range, most broadly defined, extends in an arc eastward from the frontier with Azerbaijan southwest of the Caspian Sea to th |
| OKINAWA | The largest island in the Ryukyu Island chain, being about 70 miles (112 km) long and 7 miles (11 km) wide and having an area of 463 square miles (1,199 square km). (7) |
| HINDUKUSH | A major mountain system of Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Broadly defined, it is some 500 miles (800 km) long and up to 150 miles (240 km) wide. Its highest point is Tirich Mir. |
| SUBGLACIAL | More than 150 miles (about 240 km) long with a maximum width of about 31 miles (50 km), Lake Vostok is the largest lake in Antarctica, and the largest __________ lake known (10) |
| LASCAR | Volcano in northern Chile in the Andes mountains (6) |
| OREGONTRAIL | Pioneer route for emigrants, 2,000 miles long, from Independence, Missouri to the mouth of the Willamette (6,5) |
| ATACAMADESERT | Area of extreme aridity in northern Chile |
| INES | DoA±a __, volcano in northern Chile (4) |
| DESERT | Large arid region of northern Chile on the Pacific coast west of the Andes mountains (7,6) |
| WILLS | William John, English explorer who died in 1861 after crossing Australia from north to south (5) |
