Argentina Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
sovereign state in South America
About Argentina
Argentina, officially theArgentine Republic(Spanish:República Argentina), is inSouth America, and is the eighth-largest country in the world. The highest and the lowest points of South America are also in Argentina: At 6,960 m,Cerro Aconcaguais the tallest mountain in the Americas whileLaguna del Carbón, at 105 m below sea level, inSanta Cruz Provinceis the lowest point in South America. At the southern tip of Argentina there are several routes between the South Atlantic and the South Pacific Oceans including the Strait of Magellan, the Beagle Channel, and the Drake Passage – as alternatives to sailing aroundCape Hornin the open ocean betweenSouth AmericaandAntarctica. The nameArgentinaderives fromargentinos, the Ancient Greek diminutive (tinos) form forsilver(argentos), which is what earl
Argentina Travel Guide Sections
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