Punta Maldonado
Punta Maldonado is a cape in Maldonado Department, Uruguay. Punta Maldonado is situated nearby to the town La Barra, as well as near the hamlet Laguna Blanca.- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Uruguay
- Also known as: “Punta de Maldonado”
- Historically known as: “Maldonado Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sea Museum.
Sea Museum
Museum
Photo: Fedaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of the Sea, opened in 1996, is a museum of natural history located in La Barra, in the department of Maldonado, Uruguay. It occupies about 2,300 m2 and is divided into four large halls, which are open to the public all year round.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manantiales and Maldonado.
Manantiales
Village
Photo: Pipe310593, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Manantiales is a resort in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. In the Spanish language in the Americas, a manantial means spring.
Maldonado
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Maldonado is a city on the Atlantic coast of Uruguay, just north of the beach town of Punta del Este.
Punta del Este
Photo: NaBUru38, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Punta del Este is a beach resort town in Uruguay complete with casinos, beaches, yachts and lots of tourists from all over the world. Many of these tourists come from the other side of the Rio de la Plata from Argentina to get some nice fun in the sun on a beach away from the brown waters of the Rio de la Plata.
Punta Maldonado
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Maldonado Department, Uruguay, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.91774° or 34° 55′ 4″ southLongitude
-54.8498° or 54° 50′ 59″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
48Q735J2+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 11592496826OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Punta Maldonado” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Punta Maldonado”
- Italian: “punta Maldonado”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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