Mar Chiquita
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.
NASA 367 km view of Mar Chiquita.
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.
See also
- CELPA (Mar Chiquita)
- Rocket launch sites
External links
- Mar Chiquita launch site
- Municipal Information (in Spanish)
- Mar Chiquita Partido official site (in Spanish)
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