GeoGuessr South America – Vocabulary Clues by Country

A vocabulary set of 85 flashcards summarising country-specific GeoGuessr clues for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and Bolivia.

AR Camera Generation

Argentina has Generation 3 Google Street View coverage shot from a black Google car.

AR License Plates

White plates with a blue bar on top, or older black plates featuring a central black dot unique to Argentina.

AR Red-on-White Chevrons

Argentina uniquely uses chevron signs that are white with red arrows; no other American country does.

AR Kilometre Markers

White markers with a black strip showing the road number; RN denotes national highways, RP provincial highways.

AR Road Lines

Centre lines may be dashed white, double yellow, or mixed patterns.

AR Common Pole Types

Round concrete poles with three alternating power lines are common, plus doubled concrete and wooden A-frame poles.

AR Guardrail Reflectors

Guardrails carry yellow and red reflectors (also in Uruguay but with a different support shape).

AR Typical Landscape

Wide, flat, treeless, desolate plains dominate, especially in central Argentina.

AR Language

Spanish is spoken, never Portuguese.

AR Architecture

North-western provinces such as Jujuy and Salta have red-brick buildings reminiscent of Bolivia.

AR Pampas Region

Vast grassy plains with few trees, typical of Buenos Aires and La Pampa provinces.

AR Misiones Province

Recognisable by its distinctive deep red soil.

AR Western Mountains

Far-western Argentina hosts Andes-style mountainous terrain.

BR Camera Generation

Gen 3 coverage from a white car with a short antenna with diagonal coil; Gen 4 uses blue, white, or white-with-blue-stripe cars.

BR Language

Portuguese is Brazil’s official language, unlike the Spanish of other South American nations.

BR License Plates

White plates until 2018; current plates are white with a blue stripe on top; red plates denote commercial vehicles.

BR Chevrons

Brazil uses yellow-on-black chevrons, inverted compared with most of South America.

BR Road Lines

Typically double yellow centre lines with white outer lines; dashed yellow centres also occur.

BR Soil Color

Frequently red soils ranging from light pink in Mato Grosso to deep maroon near the Paraná River; rarely red in the northeast or much of Rio Grande do Sul.

BR Common Poles

Ladder-style concrete poles with rectangular shape and small holes near the top; round concrete poles common in the south.

BR Water Tanks

Blue Fortlev water tanks often appear on Brazilian roofs.

BR Roof Style

Orange terracotta roof tiles are widespread.

BR Satellite Dishes

Transparent satellite dishes are unique and frequently visible.

BR Language Markers

Portuguese clues: words ending in –ão, use of nh instead of ñ, and ch instead of ll.

BR Amazon Region

Dense rainforest, unpaved roads, and bright-green vegetation in states like Amazonas, Acre, and Roraima.

BR Caatinga

Northeastern Brazil (e.g., Ceará) features dry, shrub-filled landscapes with succulents; looks green during rainy season.

BR Southern Pines

Umbrella-shaped Paraná pines occur in Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul.

BR Red Soil in Piauí

Many Piauí roads have red gravel shoulders even where the tarmac is Gen 4.

BR Highways

The state of São Paulo has the highest density of divided highways in Brazil.

BR Cobblestone Roads

Common in the northeast and in Rio Grande do Sul.

BR Hexagonal Tiles

Footpaths with hexagonal paving stones are more frequent in Santa Catarina and Minas Gerais.

BR Area Codes

Two-digit DDD telephone prefixes on signs identify the state.

BR Pole IDs

Bahia and Pernambuco paint yellow bands with black codes; Paraná often paints street names on poles.

BR Insulators

Insulator shapes vary: “lollipop” in Rio Grande do Norte, “mushroom” in Santa Catarina, “spool” in Rio and Espírito Santo.

CL Camera Generation

Gen 3 uses a white car (plain or partially black); Gen 4 uses a blue car.

CL Road Lines

Roads are usually all-white lined; all-yellow lines in national parks or snowy areas are unique to Chile.

CL Signposts

Square concrete signposts with indents and slots at the top.

CL License Plates

White plates for regular cars; orange plates for commercial vehicles.

CL Bollards

Spanish style: white front reflector and yellow-orange rear reflector.

CL Bridges

Road bridges are often painted red.

CL Northern Geography

The Atacama Desert is barren with almost no vegetation.

CL Central Geography

Around Santiago: dry hills with scattered vegetation.

CL Southern Geography

Forested, rainy areas with pines and monkey-puzzle trees.

CO License Plates

Nearly all vehicles use yellow plates—very distinctive.

CO Camera Generation

Gen 3 black car with stubby antenna; Gen 4 white or silver cars.

CO Signposts

White metal posts whose backs show a distinct cross-shaped brace.

CO Kilometre Markers

Green or stone markers often labelled “Pr”.

CO Poles

Concrete poles with black/yellow or black/orange stripes; octagonal poles also appear.

CO Fences

Rural fences made of painted or sharpened wooden posts—unique to Colombia.

CO Sidewalks

Cities feature reddish decorative sidewalk tiles.

CO Landscapes

Llanos grasslands in the east, mountains in the west, and the La Guajira desert in the north.

EC License Plates

White plates in both short and long formats; taxis have orange bars.

EC Camera Generation

Gen 3 white car with stubby antenna; Gen 4 white pickup truck without visible antenna.

EC Camera Quality

Nicknamed “Shitcam”: brownish tint and circular blur.

EC Bollards

Round posts with red stripes or flat posts with red reflectors.

EC Poles

Ladder-style concrete poles with many indents—unique to Ecuador.

EC Guardrails

Double guardrails are frequent.

EC Chevron Spam

Road curves often display numerous chevron signs.

EC Signbacks

The backs of road signs are teal blue—unique clue.

EC Landscape

Andes mountains through centre, flat Amazon basin to the east, dry west coast.

PE License Plates

Private vehicles use white or yellow plates; taxis have a yellow top and white bottom.

PE Camera Generation

Gen 3 black or white cars and some Gen 4 coverage.

PE Signposts

Black-and-white zebra-striped posts—unique to Peru.

PE Bollards

Triangular concrete bollards often painted red and yellow.

PE Guardrails

Guardrails painted black outside and yellow inside.

PE Poles

Concrete or wooden poles painted black and yellow at the base.

PE Bridges

Bridges are commonly painted orange.

PE Geography

West coast desert, central Andes mountains, eastern Amazon jungle.

UY Camera Generation

Gen 3 black car without antenna.

UY License Plates

Plain white plates with black characters.

UY Road Lines

Unique triple yellow-white-yellow centre lines.

UY Signposts

Thick wooden posts painted white with back notches.

UY Bollards

White posts with a yellow side.

UY Poles

Trident poles with three insulators plus round or square poles.

UY Guardrails

Same yellow/red reflector colours as Argentina but with a different support shape.

UY Geography

Gently hilly grassland, red soil, and cattle-heavy rural scenery.

BO Camera Generation

Gen 3 only, white car with no antenna.

BO License Plates

White plates with blue text (often blurred on Street View).

BO Architecture

Unfinished red-brick buildings are common.

BO Signposts

Bulky white square posts.

BO Guardrails

Guardrails have a yellow stripe on the outside—the reverse of Peru’s pattern.

BO Poles

Curvy wooden poles in the east; round concrete poles elsewhere.

BO Traditional Dress

Indigenous women wearing polleras, bowler hats, and colourful shawls.

BO Political Clues

Graffiti referencing MAS or Evo and blue-white-black painted objects.

BO Geography

Altiplano high plateau, towering Andes, and tropical lowlands to the east.