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As a province, Los Andes is a second-level administrative division, governed by a provincial delegate who is appointed by the president.Edith Quiroz Ortiz, appointed by president Piñera on April 22, 2010, was the first woman to hold the office of Governor of Los Andes.
Commissioners Francisco Moreno (Argentina), Diego Barros Arana (Chile) and Sir Thomas Holdich (UK) visited the Andean Patagonian valleys to make site-based observations following the written submissions presented previously by the two parties to the Arbitration Panel.
The Southern Andes in Argentina and Chile, south of Llullaillaco, The Central Andes in Peru and Bolivia, and The Northern Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. At the northern end of the Andes, the separate Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta range is often, but not always, treated as part of the Northern Andes. [3]
Download QR code ; Print/export ... The following lists events that happened during 1902 in Chile ... 20 November – The Cordillera of the Andes Boundary Case 1902 ...
Los Andes, founded on July 31, 1791 as Santa Rosa de Los Andes, is a Chilean city and commune located in the province of the same name, in Valparaíso Region ("Fifth Region" of Chile). It lies on the route between Santiago and Chile's primary border crossing with Argentina by way of the summit of the Uspallata Pass in the Andes mountain range.
View of the Southern Patagonian ice field from the International Space Station. The Southern Patagonian ice field dispute is a border dispute between Argentina and Chile over the delineation of the boundary line between the two countries on the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, [1] [2] [3] a large expanse of glaciers located in the Patagonian Andes, which is the largest non-polar continental ice ...
The Andes are generally higher in northern Chile. In Norte Grande the mountains form a series of plateaus , such as Puna de Atacama and the Altiplano . At a south latitude of 27 degrees, Chile's highest mountain ( Ojos del Salado ) reaches a height of 6,893 metres (22,615 ft).
The Crossing of the Andes (Spanish: Cruce de los Andes) was one of the most important feats in the Argentine and Chilean wars of independence. A combined army of Argentine soldiers and Chilean exiles crossed the Andes mountains, which separate Argentina from Chile , to invade Chile, leading to its liberation from Spanish rule.