Punta de la Barra
Punta de la Barra is a cape in Maldonado Department, Uruguay. Punta de la Barra is situated nearby to the suburb El Placer, as well as near the town El Tesoro.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
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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
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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 de la Barra
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Uruguay
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Maldonado Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude
-34.9196° or 34° 55′ 11″ southLongitude
-54.86669° or 54° 52′ 0″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
48Q734JM+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 11592496825OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Punta de la Barra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Punta de la Barra”
- Italian: “punta della Barra”
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Localities in the Area
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