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Natural PlacesSite Name: Cueva de las ManosCountry: Argentina
NOTE: This site is 658.303 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Perito Moreno
Latitude: 47.155278S Longitude: 70.655278W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cave or Rock Shelter in Argentina
Cueva da las Manos in Patagonia are several caves with paintings (especially of hand paintings, animals and geometric patterns) dated back from 13.000 - 9.000 BCE. A UNESCO World Heritage site.
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