Argentina

Why it sticks

1. 1

   The name comes from the Latin "argentum" (silver), after early Spanish hopes of finding silver in the Río de la Plata region.

2. 2

   Aconcagua (6,961 m) in the Andes is the highest mountain outside Asia.

3. 3

   The "Sun of May" on the flag recalls the May Revolution of 1810, when Buenos Aires broke away from Spanish rule.

4. 4

   Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego is often called the southernmost city in the world and is the main gateway to Antarctica.

• Two plate types: old black plates (a black dot when blurred) and white Mercosur plates with a blue bar at the top.
• Generation 3 imagery uses a black Google car. In South America, only three countries have one: this one, Peru and Uruguay.
• White chevrons with red arrows are common.
• Road lines are dashed white, double yellow or a mix of the two.
• Round concrete poles carrying three wires in an alternating pattern, often doubled up.
• Vast flat, treeless and empty landscapes (pampas and Patagonian steppe), with mountains only in the far west.