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Excursions Map Patagonia Austral |
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PUNTA ARENAS
I center urban located beside Magellan's Strait, in the peninsula of Brunswick, at 53: 08 ' degree at the south latitude and 70: 55 ' degrees to the west longitude. Punta Arenas, capital of Magellan's region and capital of the Chilean Patagonia, call formerly Punta Arenas, is literal translation of the English name Sandy Point", given to this small place traveled in the XVII century by John Byron, been founded in 1848, it will be the urban center of which the commercial, cultural and social development that will spread until covering the whole territory magallanico is born.
In Punta Arenas they can be carried out trips toward the main tourist attractiveness of the region. The resources are in their majority natural beauties that you can be visited by earth, sea and air.
From Punta Arenas it is possible travel in the roads toward the Seno Otway (km. 70 north), place of tourist and scientific attraction, where the Ping|inera is located, with a population estimated in some 6.000 individuals of the species magallanica like Aptenodytes Forsteri, Spheniscus Magellanicus, Pygoscelis Adeliae, Aptenodytes Patagonicus.
The road toward the sector of Rio Verde and Seno Skyring is equally attractive for the sport fishermen and in general as walk during which is possible to observe a varied fauna, highlighting the qandzes, condors, swams and flamingos. This rural area of beautiful landscapes bill with varied agroturismo offer.
To the Punta Arena`s south the central coast of the peninsula of Brunswick can par excellence be continued in the historical route. For her they passed discoverers and conquerors, natives, colonists and pioneers at some time. The same one leads to places like Fuerte Bulnes and Puerto del Hambre, loaded with legendary reminiscences.
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