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The city of Puerto Natales, capital city of the commune of Puerto Natales, is 247 kilometers away from Punta Arenas, 256km from Río Gallegos (Argentina) and 362 km. from Calafate (Argentina), located at the 51º 43" 39'S latitude and just 48 km. from the small town of Río Turbio (Argentina).
Puerto Natales is the main entrance to the beautiful and natural landscapes of the Patagonia, like the worldwide known Torres del Paine National Park, the natural monument called the Cueva del Milodón (The Milodon Cave), and the Los Glaciares National Park (Argentina). In winter, the skiing center in Río Turbio and the Glaciers of the Mounts Balmaceda and Serrano and the seven glaciers located in the Canal de las Montañas (The Mountains' Channel). |
| Puerto Natales, the name of which comes from the Latin word "natalis", which means "Birth", is located on the border of the inlet called Canal Señoret, which mixes its water to the south, with the Golfo Almirante Montt, a large mass of water, and to the northeast with the Fjord Ultima Esperanza, which was baptized in 1557 by Juan Ladrilleros, in his desperate and unsuccessful search for a west exit of the Strait of Magellan. |
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