Cabo Virgenes

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Cabo Virgenes
Cape Virgenes or Cape of the Virgins (in Spanish: Cape Virgenes) is a cable in the extreme southeast of Argentina, at the eastern entrance of the Magellan Strait. Fernão de Magalhães passed through the area on October 21, 1520 and discovered the strait that now bears his name. Magalhães named the corporal in honor of Santa Úrsula and the eleven thousand virgins, whose feast is on October 21st.
The cape is in the province of Santa Cruz in Patagonia. It has a lighthouse since 1904.
Tourism
With its magnificent landscape, its historical symbolism and its function as a protector of wildlife, Cape Virgenes sits on a promontory over the South Atlantic. From here, from the top and edge of the cliffs, a field and a field shed light at a great distance. and pointing out this geographical accident.
At a distance, the Cape Verde Provincial Wildlife Reserve protects the second colony of numerous Patagonian penguins in the country. There are about 90,000 breeding pairs that lived from October to April, nesting in the surrounding bushes. It was also observed in the area of ​​cormorants of which black penguins and some imperial penguins.
The name of the expedition in which Magallanes entered the section that is now alone, Cape Virgenes is the test of Kilometer 0 of National Route No. 40, which from here draws all the landscapes and cultures to reach the border with Bolivia .
A short distance from Cabo Virgenes you can visit the cement shop where the remains of the house are 200 pioneers who, after being established in 1584 in the newly founded Spanish colony Name of Jesus, died before the harshness of foreigners and the lack of food, leaving the deserted place. .
Cabo Virgenes is 126 kilometers from Río Gallegos. The trip starts from the city on National Route No. 3, so you can turn to take Provincial Route No. 1 and through it you will reach the destination.
Warning: take advance notice while traveling, as the tray in the account with non-combustible services.
Climate
The zone has a semi arid climate, with low rainfall (approx. 260 mm per year), evenly distributed. As in all Patagonia, there are predominant winds from the west. The climate is cool and the average temperature is around 6 ° C.
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