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The Clásico del Río de la Plata is one of the oldest derbies in the world. Football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the country's culture. The sport is played by children during breaks at school and by grown-ups on the plenty of both indoor and outdoor fields located throughout the country.
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]
Football has also been played in the nearby British territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.According to Eduardo Triunfo, a Uruguayan whaling station worker, football was played between Uruguayan workers and Norwegian whale hunters in the 1940s, as well as with the British SS Queen of Bermuda ship.
José María Sobral, who is considered in Argentina the father of the Argentine Antarctica and a national hero, began exploration at the end of 1901. 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 .
Argentine Antarctica. Department in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. 75°00′S 49°30′W. Quick Facts Antártida Argentina, Country ...
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 ...
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