🌿 Península Valdés

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The Valdés Peninsula is a peninsula into the Atlantic Ocean in the Viedma Department of northeast Chubut Province, Argentina. It is bordered by San Matías Gulf to the north. It is an important nature reserve which was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999.

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Península Valdés is a natural World Heritage site in Argentina, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Península Valdés was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Iguazu National Park · Los Glaciares National Park · Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba · Quebrada de Humahuaca · Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis · Los Alerces National Park · Valdés Peninsula · Ischigualasto-Talampaya Natural Parks · Perito Moreno National Park · Ischigualasto / Talampaya National Parks · Cueva de las Manos, Alto Rio Pinturas · The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement · Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System · Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) · Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba · ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination.

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