Última Esperanza Province
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 Location in the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region |
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| Capital | Puerto Natales |
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The Última Esperanza Province of Chile (in Spanish Provincia Última Esperanza, "Last Hope Province") is located on the Chilean continental part of the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region. The capital is Puerto Natales. The precise border with Argentina is under dispute.[1]
[edit] Noted features
Within this province, the noted Torres del Paine National Park, Cerro Torre and Cerro Chaltén is located, comprising some of the most spectacular mountain peaks of South America. Also part of the biggest non-Arctic glacier, the Southern Patagonian Ice Field is within Última Esperanza province. Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument, where prehistoric human occupation has been documented,[2] is also within this province.
[edit] Line notes
- ^ "1998 Border agreement between Chile and Argentina". http://www.difrol.cl/acuerdo_de_hielos.htm 1998. Retrieved 2006-10-27.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan, Cueva del Milodon, Megalithic Portal, 13 April, 2008 [1]
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Coordinates: 51°43′39″S 72°31′00″W / 51.7275°S 72.5166667°W
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