Cuchilla Yacaré Cururú

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Cuchilla Yacaré Cururú
location Uruguay
Cuchilla Yacaré Cururú (Uruguay)
Cuchilla Yacaré Cururú
Coordinates 30 ° 30 ′  S , 56 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 30 ′  S , 56 ° 33 ′  W
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The Cuchilla Yacaré Cururú is a range of hills in Uruguay .

It is located in the north of the country in the area of ​​the Artigas department in its northeastern part. The Cuchilla Yacaré Cururú extends from the Uruguayan-Brazilian border in a northwest-southeast direction east of the Cuchilla Tres Cruces and west of the department capital Artigas to about the Cuchilla de Belén near the southern border of the department. The chain of hills only reaches heights of up to 130 meters above sea level.

Agate and amethyst are found in the Cuchilla Yacaré Cururú .

Individual evidence

  1. Gloria Galván, Antonio De la Peña, Juan José Píriz: Artigas . Editorial Fin de Siglo, Montevideo 1998, p. 60, ISBN 99-7449-129-0 .
  2. ^ Prof. Ulises Rubens Grub : Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 35