Mar_Chiquita

Mar Chiquita

Mar Chiquita

Coastal lagoon in the southeast province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina

For the saline lake in Córdoba Province, see Mar Chiquita Lake (Córdoba).

Mar Chiquita is a coastal lagoon in the southeast province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina. It is located by the Atlantic coast, 30 km north of Mar del Plata.

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The area is a natural reserve where a number of animal species live around Mar Chiquita. There is a small resort on the southern side of the lagoon with population of 487 people as of 2010.

The location was also used as a suborbital launch site at coordinates 37°45' south, 57°25' west between 1968 and 1972; eight sounding rockets of the types Arcas, two rockets of the type Orion-1, and a rocket of the type Dragon, were launched from the site.

Mar Chiquita was designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1995.[1] It was designated a wildlife refuge in 1998 by the Government of Argentina. The refuge covers an area of 560.3 km2.[2]


See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Mar Chiquita Biosphere Reserve, Argentina". UNESCO, May 2020. Accessed 11 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Mar Chiquita from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 11 April 2022.

37°44′45″S 57°25′39″W

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