• Title:

    El Chaltén, Río de las Vueltas and Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia, Argentina

  • Description:

    El Chaltén, a small mountain village in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina is located in the riverside of Río de las Vueltas, within the Los Glaciares National Park (section Reserva Nacional Zona Viedma) at the base of Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy mountains, both popular for trekking and climbing. The village was built in 1985 to help secure the disputed border with Chile. Today the sole reason for its existence is tourism. It is 220 km north of El Calafate. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chaltén)

  • Location:

    El Chaltén, Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Argentina
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  • GPS Coordinates:

    • Latitude: S 49°18'54"
    • Longitude: W 72°52'47"
    • Altitude: m

  • Copyright & Credits:

    © 2011 by Hans Loepfe (HALO-Photographs.com)

  • License:

    Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.5 Creative Commons License

El Chaltén, a small mountain village in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina is located in the riverside of Río de las Vueltas, within the Los Glaciares National Park (section Reserva Nacional Zona Viedma) at the base of Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy mountains, both popular for trekking and climbing. The village was built in 1985 to help secure the disputed border with Chile. Today the sole reason for its existence is tourism. It is 220 km north of El Calafate. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chaltén)

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