Country ARGENTINA
PATAGONIA
(regional info)
Patagonia is a geographic region containing the southernmost portion of South America.
Mostly located in Argentina and partly in Chile, it comprises the Andes mountains to the west
and south, and plateaux and low plains to the east. The name Patagonia comes from the word patagon
used by Magellan to describe the native people who his expedition thought to be giants.
It is now believed the Patagons were actually Tehuelches and Aonikenk with an average
height of 1.80 m(~5'11)compared to the 1.55 m(~5'1) average for Spaniards of the time.
To the east of the Andes, it lies south of the Neuquén River and Colorado rivers, and,
to the west of the Andes, south of (39°S), excluding the Chiloé Archipelago.
East of the Andes the Argentine portion of Patagonia includes the provinces of Neuquén,
Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego, as well as the southern tips of the
provinces of Buenos Aires, Mendoza and La Pampa.
The Chilean portion embraces the southern part of the region of Los Lagos, and the
regions of Aysen and Magallanes.
It excludes those portions of Antarctica claimed by both countries.
read full wikipedia reference about Patagonia, Argentina
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