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Category: Ports and harbours in South America by country. 4 languages.
Port cities in South America (9 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Ports and harbours in South America" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Prisendam in the Port of Montevideo. Montevideo Bay is one of the reasons the city was founded. It gives natural protection to ships, although there are now two jetties that protect the harbour entrance of the waves. This natural port makes it competitive with the Río de la Plata's other great South American port—the Port of Buenos Aires. [3]
Buenaventura is a coastal seaport city located in the Pacific Region of the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia (South America). Buenaventura (Spanish for "good adventure") is the main port of Colombia in the Pacific Ocean. [2] As of the 2018 census, Buenaventura has a population of 235,064. [3]
It is the country's main port in terms of traffic and storage capacity. Likewise, it is one of the most important in Latin America, ranking seventh and first in the South Pacific region in 2015. [1] In 2018, the port movement in the port of Callao was 2,340,657 TEU, ranking 6th in the list of port activity in Latin America and the Caribbean. [2]
Port cities and towns in Uruguay (11 P) V. ... (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Port cities in South America" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The current port is located in the city's Retiro ward, and is colloquially known as Puerto Nuevo (New Port). The Port of Buenos Aires handles around 11 million metric tons of cargo annually; [3] Dock Sud, which is owned by the Province of Buenos Aires, is south of the city proper, and handles another 17 million metric tons. [5]
Puerto San Julián, also known historically as Port St. Julian, [1] is a natural harbour in Patagonia in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina located at In the days of sailing ships it formed a stopping point, 180 km (112 mi) south of Puerto Deseado ( Port Desire ).