Mar Chiquita
View of Mar Chiquita
Locationsoutheast province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina
Area560.3 square kilometres (216.3 sq mi)
Designated1995
World Heritage siteUNESCO Biosphere Reserve

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.

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. ↑ "Mar Chiquita Biosphere Reserve, Argentina". UNESCO, May 2020. Accessed 11 April 2022.
  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 / 37.74583°S 57.42750°W / -37.74583; -57.42750

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