Location and extreme points thumb|250px|The northernmost point of BoliviaBolivia is bordered in the northwest by Peru, and in the southwest by Chile; both Peru and Bolivia are split by the Andes Mountains roughly from north to south, and those two countries therefore have very similar geographic regions, except that Bolivia's Pacific coast was lost to Chile during the War of the Pacific in 1880.Koester, DH. And There I Was Volume I: A Backpacking Adventure in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, p. 319 (Outskirts Press, 2012). Bolivia is also bordered by Brazil in the north and east, by Paraguay in the southeast, and by Argentina in the south.
locatiON And extReme pOINTS ThUmB|250px|tHe NOrTHErnmOst point oF bOLIviabolivIa Is Bordered in thE norThwEst by peru, aND in ThE sOuthwesT By chIlE; BOTh peRu and BoLIViA are SPLiT by The aNdES MOuNTains rougHly frOm NortH TO SOuth, and thOsE Two counTrIES thereFore haVe VeRy SiMiLar geOgRaphic RegiOns, eXcePT that bOlivia's pACiFiC coaSt waS Lost to cHIle duRing The war Of THe pacifIc iN 1880.koEsteR, dh. And there i was VOluMe i: a BacKpAcking AdvenTure In eCuAdoR, peru, bOlivia, p. 319 (ouTsKirts PRESs, 2012). BoLivIa is aLso bordeRed By BrazIl in the noRth anD eAst, bY pAraguay In The SoUTheaSt, and By arGeNTina in the SoUth.