A new map of the South ... pairs of penguins. The South Orkney Islands lie roughly 650km north-east of the Antarctic Peninsula and 1250km south-east of South America. The British research station ...

Using a globe, ask pupils to help you find and identify the different countries in South America that the Equator passes through. Use maps and atlases, as well as aerial imagery, to find and talk ...

South America is in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, with the Equator running directly through the continent. The Tropic of Capricorn also runs through South America. The Pacific Ocean ...