Earth, showing the continents of North America and South America.
South America is a continent on planet Earth. The continent is mostly located on Earth's southern hemisphere.
History and specifics[]
South America and nearby regions in 1992.
The dense jungles on mountain chain islands of Alpha Centauri IV resembled those of South America. (Last Unicorn RPG module: Planets of the UFP)
Points of interest included the mythological golden city El Dorado (NF novel: Restoration), the Spanish Main (Last Unicorn RPG module: The Falcon's Gold), and the East Pacific Rise geothermic vent just off the South American coast (VOY - Distant Shores novel: Bottomless).
Millions of years ago, South America and Antarctica were a single continent. (TOS novel: First Frontier)
The 1950s New York City offices of Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder were decorated with, among other things, South American souvenirs. (DS9 novelization: Far Beyond the Stars)
In the 1990s decade, South America was home to the nations of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela, as well as the territory of French Guiana. (TOS - Khan comic: "Issue 2")
During the Eugenics Wars, South America suffered from Augment civil wars that bombed populations to extinction. (TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2, Adventures RPG module: Beta Quadrant Sourcebook)
In 2053 during World War III, Colonel Phillip Green launched nuclear and biological attacks in South America. (Decipher RPG module: Player's Guide)
In 2249, rebellious James T. Kirk ran away from home with some friends and signed on aboard the dynacarrier Sir Christopher Cockerell, which was headed for South America. (TOS novel: Best Destiny)
Large caves with flowstone existed in South America. In 2266, Zap Sanner recommended that Kirk could get a good rock climbing workout in them. (TOS - The Janus Gate novel: Future Imperfect)
In 2279, a herd of camels native to South America were genetically engineered for improved resistance to radiation before being shipped to Belle Terre. (TOS - New Earth novel: Rough Trails)
In the 24th century, Starfleet maintained a secondary testing center for Starfleet Academy in South America. (TNG - YA novel: Starfall)
When participating in Dixon Hill holodeck programs, Lieutenant Commander Data claimed to have come from South America as a means of explaining his character Carlos' appearance to other holodeck characters. (TNG episodes: "The Big Goodbye", "Manhunt")
In 2359, Mark Johnson was part of a philosophical symposium based in South America called the Questor Group. During his time there, Johnson frequented a tennis club in Curitiba. (VOY novel: Mosaic)
In the 2370s, Tuvok successfully grafted a South African orchid cutting to a Vulcan favinit. (VOY episode: "Alliances")
Alternate timelines[]
In an alternate reality created by the Clan Ru species destroying the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, archeological evidence showed that South America hosted an advancing Clan Ru culture, but it wiped itself out. By the 23rd century, most of South America's rainforests were gone, but its thorny forests remained. (TOS novel: First Frontier)
Kelvin timeline[]
Global territories in 1992 during the Eugenics Wars.
According to Khan Noonien Singh, in September 1992 Augment Dictator Asahf Ferris annexed South America into the South American Union. By 1996, Alexander Newton had wrested control of Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and the northern third of Brazil for the New American Empire. Argentina, Bolivia, southern portions of Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay were part of the Ferris Dominion. By the end of 1996, the Augment dictatorships were overthrown. (TOS - Khan comics: "Issue 2", "Issue 3")
Mirror universe[]
In one permutation of the mirror universe, the rainforests in South America were destroyed by Cardassian warships in the 24th century, part of an armada that rendered Earth's biosphere uninhabitable. (TOS novel: Spectre)
In fiction[]
In Dixon Hill media, Carlos visited San Francisco at least once to avoid the South American heat. (Last Unicorn RPG module: Dixon Hill and the Case of the Golden Serpent)
In the holoprogram Julian Bashir, Secret Agent, one of Hippocrates Noah's underground drill sites was located in South America. His scientist Honey Bare adjusted the South American drill shortly before activating them all, triggering global earthquakes that flooded most of the surface. (DS9 episode: "Our Man Bashir")
Native wildlife[]
- Camel
- Macaw (TNG novel: Ship of the Line)
- Ornithochirus pterosaur (DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novel: Bajor: Fragments and Omens)
- Vampire bat (TOS novel: Bloodthirst)
Appendices[]
Connections[]
References[]
- TOS - Fortunes of War novel: Dreadnought!
- TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1
- TOS novel: Burning Dreams
External links[]
- South America article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- South America article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.