Brazil is located in the southeast of South America. It borders French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela and Colombia in the north, Peru and Bolivia in the west, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay in the south and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. The land area is 8.547 million square kilometers and the coastline is about 7,400 kilometers long. The width of the territorial sea is 12 nautical mile, leading to the overseas exclusive economic zone 188 nautical mile.