Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas
Also known as Cave of Hands, Cave of the Hands, Cdlm, Cueva de las manos, Cueva de las Manos, Cueva de las Manos (Argentina), Las Manos, Manos Cave, Manos Cave (Argentina)
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iii).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Inscribed
1999
Area
600 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas is about 280 km south-west of Comodoro Rivadavia.
Nearest towns and cities
- Coihaique · about 46,000 peopleabout 210 km north-west
- Comodoro Rivadavia · about 141,000 peopleabout 280 km north-east
- Esquel · about 20,000 peopleabout 480 km north
- Río Gallegos · about 86,000 peopleabout 510 km south
- Puerto Natales · about 20,000 peopleabout 530 km south
- Castro · about 30,000 peopleabout 570 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ArgentinaNatural401 km away
ArgentinaNatural492 km away
ChileCultural572 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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