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Argentine Antarctica (Spanish: Antártida Argentina or Sector Antártico Argentino) [4] is an area on Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory.It consists of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole, delimited by the 25° West and 74° West meridians and the 60° South parallel. [5]
Irapuato is a Mexican city and municipality located at the foot of the Arandas Hill (in Spanish: Cerro de Arandas), in the central region of the state of Guanajuato. It lies between the Silao River and the Guanajuato River , a tributary of the Lerma River , at 1,724 m (5,656 ft) above sea level .
In 1903, the Argentine Navy corvette ARA Uruguay commanded by Captain de Corbeta (Lieutenant commander) Julián Irízar successfully rescued the Swedish expedition team of Otto Nordenskjöld. In 1904 the Argentine permanent presence in Antarctica began with the opening of Orcadas Base on Laurie Island. Argentina was the only nation to have an ...
Marambio Station (Spanish: Estación Marambio) is a permanent, all year-round Argentine Antarctica station named after Vice-Commodore Gustavo Argentino Marambio , an Antarctic aviation pioneer. It is located in Marambio Island , Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula , some 100 km (60 mi) from the coastal civilian village of Esperanza .
The Magallanes Region (locally [maɣaˈʝanes]), officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region (Spanish: Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena) or Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctica Region in English, [4] is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.
In Argentina, the Day of the Argentine Antarctic, or Argentine Antarctic Sovereignty Day (Spanish: Día de la Antártida Argentina, lit. 'day of the Argentine Antarctic'), [1] is commemorated annually on 22 February. It commemorates what Argentina says was the first permanent settlement, in 1904, in an area later claimed as an integral part of ...
Map of the Spanish Governorate of Terra Australis (1539–1555), the first territorial claim over the lands near the South Pole; later it was incorporated into the Governorate of Chile. In 1539, a new governorate was formed south of New León called the Terra Australis under Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz. [6]
Plantilla:Mapa de localización de Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) e Isla de los Estados; Puerto Cook; Isla de los Lobos (Río Grande) San Sebastián (Tierra del Fuego) Sarmiento (Tierra del Fuego) Puerto Golondrina; Estación Macarena; Estación Parque Nacional; Estación del Fin del Mundo; Bahía Thetis (localidad) Aeródromo de Tolhuin