Monte Dinero
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| Full name: | Estancia Monte Dinero | ||
| Surface: | 2600 km 2 | ||
| location | 52 ° 19 ′ S , 68 ° 34 ′ W | ||
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 Santa Cruz
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| Department : | Güer Aike | ||
| Monte Dinero website | |||
Monte Dinero or Estancia Monte Dinero is the southernmost town in Argentina on the South American continent on the southeastern tip of Patagonia .
geography
The place is located in the Güer Aike department in the province of Santa Cruz near the Magellan Strait and north of the Argentine- Chilean border about 120 km southeast of the nearest city, Río Gallegos , the administrative center of the department. The Ruta Provincial 1 road runs past the settlement , here a section of the Ruta Nacional 40 . The area belonging to the village is 260,000 ha (2600 km²).
The lighthouse of Cabo Virgenes ( Cape of Virgin) and a penguin colony of the same name are located on the coast of the South Atlantic near the estancia .
economy
The settlement lives from sheep farming and tourism. Most of the area around Monte Dinero is grazed by 14,000 sheep. There is also a guest house with a small museum on site.
history
Before the village was founded, gold was searched for here. The village was founded in the spring of 1880 as "The Luckacho Sheep Farming Company" by Scottish pioneers, whose descendants still live in the village today. The village got its current name from the founder's second husband, a doctor, who named the settlement after the highest point of the settlement, which served as a landmark on the Magellan Strait .
Web links
- Website about Monte Dinero (Spanish)
- Articles on Monte Dinero in The Telegraph (English)
- Article about the settlement on interpatagonia.com (English)
- Coordinates and climate data
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of Monte Dinero ; accessed on March 29, 2017 (Spanish, English)
- ↑ montedinero on the website of Monte Dinero; accessed on March 29, 2017 (Spanish, English)
- ↑ History of the village on the Monte Dinero website; accessed on March 29, 2017 (Spanish, English)