Fitz Roy (Santa Cruz) is a town and municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina. Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish) 47°02′S 67°15′W /...
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March 1877; he named it Fitz Roy in honour of Robert FitzRoy who, as captain of HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted...
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Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second...
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Santa Cruz Province (Spanish: Provincia de Santa Cruz, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈkɾus], "Holy Cross") is a province of Argentina, located in the...
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Santa Cruz River (Spanish: Río Santa Cruz) is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz begins at the shore of the Viedma and Argentino...
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Argentina and the Republic of Chile [...]. On the attached map, point 331 is Fitz Roy and 332 is Mount Stokes, both being agreed as boundary markers, although...
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El Chaltén (category Populated places in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
(section Reserva Nacional Zona Viedma) near the base of Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy spires, both popular for climbing. It is 220 kilometres (140 mi) north...
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Viedma Lake (category Lakes of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
pronunciation: [laɣo ˈβjeðma]) is a Patagonian lake in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, situated near its border with Chile. Measuring approximately...
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Southern Patagonian Ice Field (category Landforms of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
borderline between Mount Fitz Roy and Cerro Murallón Section A (between Cerro Murallón and Daudet) and small part of B (from Fitz Roy to a point defined to...
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Los Glaciares National Park (category Protected areas of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
(Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Glaciares) is a federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The park covers an area of 726,927 ha (7,269.27 km2;...
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Del Desierto Lake (category Lakes of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
lake located in the Lago Argentino Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Located near Monte Fitz Roy and the O'Higgins/San Martín Lake, Lago del Desierto...
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Cerro Roma (category Landforms of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
declared a boundary marker. The experts had no disagreements between Mount Fitz Roy and Cerro Stokes, unlike other territories that were submitted to arbitration...
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Circo de los Altares (category Geology of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, where Mount Torre and Mount Fitz Roy can be seen from its western sides. It is located within the Area in dispute...
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on 19 April, an expedition including FitzRoy and Darwin set off to take boats as far as possible up the Santa Cruz river, with all involved taking turns...
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Deputies of Santa Cruz Province (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Santa Cruz) is the unicameral legislative body of Santa Cruz Province,...
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declared a boundary marker. The experts had no disagreements between Mount Fitz Roy and Cerro Stokes, unlike other territories that were submitted to arbitration...
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Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted...
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The Galápagos archipelago is also the home of paleoendemic species. The Santa Cruz cypress (Hesperocyparis abramsiana; formerly classified as Cupressus abramsiana)...
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Perito Moreno Glacier (category Landforms of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
Moreno) is a glacier located in Los Glaciares National Park in southwest Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and originated in the Magallanes Region in Chile...
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Bolivia. 1981: Attempt to rice the Mount Fitz Roy, Argentina-Chile border. 1982: Navigation of the Santa Cruz River, on an inflatable boat from the Andes...
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under the command of his aide, Flag Lieutenant Robert FitzRoy. The 23-year-old aristocrat FitzRoy proved an able commander and meticulous surveyor. In...
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Torre Egger (category Landforms of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
America, located between Argentina and Chile, west of Cerro Chalten (or Fitz Roy). Torre Egger lies between Cerro Torre, the highest in a four mountain...
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Deseado Department (category Santa Cruz Province, Argentina geography stubs)
seat of the department is in Puerto Deseado. Caleta Olivia Cañadón Seco Fitz Roy Jaramillo Koluel Kayke Pampa Alta Tres Cerros Las Heras Pico Truncado Puerto...
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Isla Pavón (category Populated places in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
Isla Pavón (Pavon Island) is an island in the Santa Cruz River in the department of Corpen Aike in Santa Cruz province in southern Argentina. The town of...
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000 (2020). The province is divided into the cantons of San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, and Isabela, the three most populated islands in the chain. The Galápagos...
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Belize El Chalten, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Esquel, Argentina Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Brazil Laguna de Los Tres and Mount Fitz Roy in Patagonia,...
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Tehuelche people (section Reservations in Santa Cruz)
to the Andes mountains where they had, among other sacred sites, Mount Fitz Roy. On 31 March 1520 the Spanish expedition, under the command of Fernando...
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Cerro Torre (category Landforms of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
Field in South America. It is located in Argentina and Chile, west of Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén). The peak is the highest of a four mountain...
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Pico Truncado (category Populated places in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
Pico Truncado is a town and municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina. In 1921, the village's railway station was the site of one of the...
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