Argentina looks like a simple long triangle until you actually draw it and realize just how absurdly long it is. It runs from the Tropic of Capricorn to the doorstep of Antarctica, and everyone draws it two-thirds too short.
The shape at a glance
Argentina is very tall and narrow, roughly three times taller than wide, tapering like an icicle from a wide shoulder in the north to a needle at Tierra del Fuego. The widest point is up top, where it presses against Bolivia and Paraguay, and the waist narrows dramatically through Patagonia. The country ends in a broken island tip shared with Chile, at the utter bottom of the continent.
Step by step
- Start with the wide top: a broad shoulder across the north where Argentina meets Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil.
- Draw the western edge as one long nearly straight line — the Andes border with Chile, running the full length of the country.
- Curve the eastern edge from the River Plate down and inward, steadily tapering through Patagonia.
- Keep narrowing all the way down — the bottom third should be strikingly thin.
- End the mainland in a point at the Strait of Magellan.
- Add Tierra del Fuego as a small broken triangle just across the strait, Argentina's half leaning east.
Mistakes that cost you points
- Drawing Argentina way too short — it is one of the longest countries on Earth north to south.
- Keeping the width even all the way down instead of letting Patagonia thin to a sliver.
- Forgetting Tierra del Fuego or drawing it attached to the mainland across the Strait of Magellan.
- Making the western Andes border wiggly when it is one of the straightest-feeling borders in the world.
Place it on the map
Argentina runs down the eastern spine of southern South America, with Chile hugging its entire western edge along the Andes and Uruguay and Brazil to the northeast. Place Chile as the thin ribbon and Argentina is everything to its right.
Pro tip: Trust the icicle: most players under-taper because it feels wrong, but the real shape keeps thinning until it nearly vanishes. Exaggerate the length and the narrowness and the IoU score rewards you for your courage.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do you draw Argentina from memory?
- Start with the overall box — is Argentina wider than tall or the reverse — then place its signature feature first and build the rest of the outline around it. Finish with the coastline details, then compare against the real border in a free practice round to get a 0-100 score.
- How hard is it to draw Argentina?
- Argentina rates as medium difficulty. The long tapering body is simple in theory, but getting the extreme height-to-width ratio and the Tierra del Fuego tail right is where scores live or die.