Country ARGENTINA
EL CALAFATE
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El Calafate is a little village in Patagonia, Argentina.
It is situated in the southern border of Lake Argentino, in the southwest part of the Santa Cruz Province,
about 320 km Northwest from Río Gallegos. Its name comes from a little bush with yellow flowers
very common in Patagonia, with dark blue berries: the calafate (Berberis buxifolia); the word comes
from the word "calafate", which is Spanish for "caulk".
El Calafate is an important tourist destination as the hub to visit different parts of the
Los Glaciares National Park, including the Perito Moreno Glacier (one of the most visited in the world)
and the Cerro Chaltén and Cerro Torre.
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