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The Argentine Monte is in north-central Argentina, and has an area of 354,192 square kilometres (136,800 sq mi). [1] It is to the east of the Andes and extends from Salta Province in the north to Chubut Province in the south. [2]
The Monte Desert is a South American desert, lying entirely within Argentina and covering approximately the submontane areas of Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza Provinces, plus the western half of La Pampa Province and the extreme north of Río Negro Province.
This is a list of mountains situated in Argentina, South America. The list also shows the height of each mountain. ... Monte Pissis (La Rioja) 6,795 m (22,293 ft ...
The High Monte is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes, extending from the vicinity of Salta (24º S) south to Mendoza (32º S). It is a landscape of mountains and closed basins which lie between the Sierras Pampeanas on the east and the main spine of the Andes to the west. The southern portion of the High Monte is drained by the ...
Monte León National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Monte León) is a federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.Established on 20 October 2004, [1] it houses a representative sample of the steppe and Patagonian coast biodiversity in good state of conservation, as well as several paleontological sites of high value.
The creation of the National Parks dates back to the 1903 donation of 75 km 2 (29 sq mi) of land in the Lake District in the Andes foothills by Francisco Moreno, the renowned explorer and academic in Argentina. [2] This formed the nucleus of a larger protected area in Patagonia around San Carlos de Bariloche.
Monte Partido (also known as San Miguel del Monte) is a partido in the eastern part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,500 inhabitants in an area of 1,847 km 2 (713 sq mi), and its capital city is Monte, 110 km (68 mi) from Buenos Aires on the banks of the Salado River.
Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile. [2] [3] [6] [4] [5] It is located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, near El Chaltén village and Viedma Lake. It was first climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido ...